Grundy Center and Gladbrook-Reinbeck are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Grundy Center Spartans will take on the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck will be up against a hot Grundy Center team: the squad just extended their winning streak to 11. Grundy Center breezed by AGWSR to the tune of 72-37 on Tuesday. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Cougars are ranked 267th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gladbrook-Reinbeck). They took their matchup on Tuesday with ease, bagging an 84-47 victory over East Marshall. Winning may never get old, but the Rebels sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Grundy Center's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-0. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.5 points per game. As for Gladbrook-Reinbeck, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Grundy Center beat Gladbrook-Reinbeck 58-46 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grundy Center since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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