The Sioux Central Rebels will take on the Pocahontas Indians in a holiday battle at at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Sioux Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Storm Lake St. Mary 65-22 on Tuesday. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Panthers are ranked 252nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Pocahontas escaped with a win on Tuesday against Ogden by the margin of a single free throw, 59-58.
Sioux Central now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Pocahontas, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Sioux Central didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Pocahontas when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 58-54 win. Will Sioux Central repeat their success, or does Pocahontas have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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