The Boone Toreadors will venture away from home to face off against the Winterset Huskies on Monday. Boone is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.
Boone came up short against Carlisle on Friday, falling 78-53.
Meanwhile, Winterset came up short against Decorah-North Winneshiek on Saturday and fell 58-46. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 205th, while the Vikings are ranked 22nd).
Winterset has also been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last 11 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-16 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.8 points over those games. As for Boone, their loss dropped their record down to 8-10.
Boone opened the new year with a less-than-successful 57-48 defeat to Winterset. Can Boone avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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