The Yankton Bucks/Gazelles are taking a road trip to challenge the Watertown Arrows at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yankton is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Yankton came up short against Mitchell and fell 41-33. While losing is never fun, the Bucks/Gazelles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Kernels are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, Watertown was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 67-63 to Aberdeen Central. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (58), the Arrows still had to take the loss.
Yankton's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Watertown, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Yankton came up short against Watertown when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 64-58. Can Yankton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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