The Herculaneum Black Cats will face off against the Northwest Lions at 8:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with nine consecutive losses for Herculaneum and three for Northwest.
Last Friday, Herculaneum ended up a good deal behind Jefferson and lost 65-47. While losing is never fun, the Black Cats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 562nd, while the Blue Jays are ranked 278th).
Northwest might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 58-57 to Normandy, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Herculaneum's loss dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Northwest, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Herculaneum came up short against Northwest when the teams last played back in January of 2023, falling 46-42. Can Herculaneum avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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