After both having extra time off, the Central Lee Hawks and the Mediapolis Bulldogs will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Central Lee duked it out withWest Burlington last Friday. Central Lee had to suffer through a 79-39 loss at the hands of West Burlington. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while the Falcons are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mediapolis). They took their matchup last Friday with ease, bagging a 72-30 victory over New London. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Mediapolis pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points per game. As for Central Lee, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-3.
Central Lee came up short against Mediapolis in their previous matchup back in February, falling 65-57. Can Central Lee avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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