Martensdale-St. Mary and Central Decatur are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Martensdale-St. Mary's Blue Devils will welcome the Central Decatur Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Martensdale-St. Mary's is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Martensdale-St. Mary's will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 20) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Lenox 43-41. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Tigers are ranked 277th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Central Decatur came up short against Chariton on Saturday and fell 58-51.
Martensdale-St. Mary's is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.4 points per game. As for Central Decatur, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-8.
Martensdale-St. Mary's was able to grind out a solid victory over Central Decatur in their previous meeting on January 7th, winning 45-37. Will Martensdale-St. Mary's repeat their success, or does Central Decatur have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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