New Hampton is on a six-game streak of home losses, Central Springs a 13-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck will change on Thursday. The New Hampton Chickasaws will welcome the Central Springs Panthers at 7:45 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Monday, New Hampton came up short against South Winneshiek and fell 67-60. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (56), the Chickasaws still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Central Springs took a blow against Newman Catholic on Tuesday, falling 77-40. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 335th, while the Knights are ranked 73rd).
Central Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 1-18. As for New Hampton, their loss dropped their record down to 3-15.
New Hampton came out on top in a nail-biter against Central Springs in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, sneaking past 62-59. Does New Hampton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Central Springs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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