Menomonee Falls is 1-9 against Germantown since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Menomonee Falls Phoenix will be playing in front of their home fans against the Germantown Warhawks at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Menomonee Falls ended up a good deal behind Brookfield East and lost 65-49. While losing is never fun, the Phoenix can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while the Spartans are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, Germantown came up short against Wisconsin Lutheran on Saturday and fell 84-75. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (56), the Warhawks still had to take the loss.
Menomonee Falls will have to contain Danica Gosz as she made an impact in Germantown's last game. She went 10 for 22 on her way to 31 points and six rebounds. That was a full 41.3% of Germantown's points, marking the third time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Teigan Stuve, who earned nine points along with seven boards and four steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Germantown and nudges their season record down to 8-8. As for Menomonee Falls, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-6.
Menomonee Falls came up short against Germantown when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 81-76. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gosz, who shot 5-for-8 from long range and dropped a double-double on 30 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Menomonee Falls knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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