Mound-Westonka and Orono are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2018, but not for long. The Mound-Westonka White Hawks will square off against the Orono Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Mound-Westonka is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Stewartville just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Saturday. They had to suffer through a 74-46 loss at the hands of the Tigers. The game marked the White Hawks' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Orono faced Hopkins in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Orono fell 90-79 to Hopkins. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (60), the Spartans still had to take the loss.
This is the second loss in a row for Orono and nudges their season record down to 5-3. As for Mound-Westonka, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 8-1.
Mound-Westonka suffered a grim 79-55 defeat to Orono when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Mound-Westonka avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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