Central Decatur and Martensdale-St. Mary are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Central Decatur Cardinals will take on the Martensdale-St. Mary's Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Saturday, Central Decatur came up short against Chariton and fell 58-51.
Meanwhile, Martensdale-St. Mary's had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They had just enough and edged the Tigers out 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.
Martensdale-St. Mary's has also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. The wins 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.
Central Decatur came up short against Martensdale-St. Mary's in their previous meeting on January 7th, falling 45-37. Can Central Decatur avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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