Western Dubuque was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by the Xavier Saints 74-27. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 247th, while the Saints are ranked 28th).
Western Dubuque's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Xavier, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
While Western Dubuque had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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