The Eagle Grove Eagles will take on the North Iowa Bison at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Eagle Grove has given up an average of 61.4 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Tuesday, Eagle Grove opened the new year with a less-than-successful 57-46 loss to North Union. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 238th, while the Warriors are ranked 101st).
Meanwhile, North Iowa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were three points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 64-61 heartbreaker at the hands of Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (57), the Bison still had to take the loss.
Eagle Grove's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for North Iowa, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Eagle Grove got the 'W' in their previous matchup back in February of 2025 against North Iowa by a conclusive 68-44 score. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bison turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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