Lenox hasn't had much luck against Mount Ayr recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Lenox Tigers will welcome the Mount Ayr Raiders.
Last Friday, Lenox came up short against Atlantic and fell 51-43.
Meanwhile, Mount Ayr entered their tilt with East Union last Friday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 77-34 victory over the Eagles. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Eagles are ranked 346th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mount Ayr pushed their record up to 19-4 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.4 points over those games. As for Lenox, their loss dropped their record down to 8-13.
Lenox lost to Mount Ayr at home by a decisive 61-45 margin when the teams last played back in January. Can Lenox avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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