Goodland and Colby are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2021, but not for long. The Goodland Cowboys are taking a road trip to square off against the Colby Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Goodland strolled past Ulysses with points to spare, taking the game 62-47. Given the Cowboys' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Tigers are ranked 135th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Colby had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 57-56 victory over the Eagles.
Colby's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Goodland, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Everything went Goodland's way against Colby in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as Goodland made off with a 75-50 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Goodland since the squad 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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