Southwest Valley is 2-8 against Martensdale-St. Mary since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. Southwest Valley will square off against the Martensdale-St. Mary's Blue Devils at 7:15 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Martensdale-St. Mary's will be up against a hot Southwest Valley squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Everything went Southwest Valley's way against Lenox on Tuesday as Southwest Valley made off with a 73-49 win.
Meanwhile, Martensdale-St. Mary's had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.1 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Falcons with a sharp 51-25 victory. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Falcons are ranked 304th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Southwest Valley has also been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Martensdale-St. Mary's, they pushed their record up to 17-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Southwest Valley didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Martensdale-St. Mary's in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 56-51 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southwest Valley 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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