A feisty cat fight will be fought as Mankato East Cougars face off against Alexandria Cardinals on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Mankato East sitting on 30 straight wins and Alexandria on 25.
Mankato East is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out Orono 64-62. The 64-point effort marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Alexandria faced Totino-Grace in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Alexandria beat Totino-Grace by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 73-65.
Alexandria pushed their record up to 29-3 with the victory, which was their 18th straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 92.8 points over those games. As for Mankato East, their win bumped their record up to 31-1.
Mankato East didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Alexandria when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with an 81-76 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mankato East since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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