Waterloo West and Prairie are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2016, but not for long. The Waterloo West Wahawks will challenge the Prairie Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Waterloo West has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Prairie will come in with seven straight wins.
Waterloo West lost 64-43 to Iowa City West on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Wahawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Trojans are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Prairie hadn't done well against Iowa City West recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Prairie came out on top against Iowa City West by a score of 65-57.
Waterloo West's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Prairie, they pushed their record up to 15-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Waterloo West suffered a grim 67-45 defeat to Prairie in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Waterloo West avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
