Grand Meadow is 2-8 against Southland since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Grand Meadow Superlarks will head out on the road to challenge the Southland Rebels at 7:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Grand Meadow is coming into the contest on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight wins. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 64-62 victory over Schaeffer Academy on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Superlarks have posted against the Lions since March 4, 2020.
Meanwhile, Southland put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Lyle/Pacelli 114-51. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Athletics are ranked 411th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Southland's victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 24-0. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 80.2 points over those games. As for Grand Meadow, their win bumped their record up to 6-14.
Grand Meadow was dealt a bruising 91-37 defeat at the hands of Southland when the teams last played back in January. Can Grand Meadow avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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