The Jefferson Hawks will venture away from home to take on the Waterloo West Wahawks at 7:30 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.
Jefferson will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Washington, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Jefferson managed a 65-61 win over Washington on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
Meanwhile, Waterloo West and Waterloo East faced off in a cross-town battle on Saturday. Waterloo West took down Waterloo East 71-56. Given the Wahawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Trojans are ranked 130th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jefferson has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-13 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for Waterloo West, they moved to 10-7 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Jefferson was taken down by Waterloo West 77-38 in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. Can Jefferson avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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