Pine Island won against La Crescent/La Crescent Montessori & Stem on Friday with 79 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. The Pine Island Panthers walked away with a 79-69 win over the La Crescent Lancers. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Lancers are ranked 246th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pine Island is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.3 points per game. As for La Crescent, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-5.
Pine Island wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 70-67 victory against St. Charles on the 28th. As for La Crescent, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 56-39 win against Spring Grove on the 28th.
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