The Northwood-Kensett Vikings will take on the North Union Warriors at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday. Northwood-Kensett knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 13 matches -- so hopefully North Union likes a good challenge.
Northwood-Kensett will bounce into Thursday's game after beating West Fork, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Northwood-Kensett breezed by West Fork to the tune of 75-37 on Tuesday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Warhawks are ranked 200th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 68-32, which was the final score in North Union's tilt against Forest City on Tuesday.
Northwood-Kensett pushed their record up to 13-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.6 points per game. As for North Union, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9-1.
Northwood-Kensett lost to North Union on the road by a decisive 77-63 margin in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. Can Northwood-Kensett avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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