After four games on the road, Sacred Heart is heading back home. They will take on the Pawnee City Indians at TBD on Friday.
Last Tuesday, things could have been worse for Sacred Heart, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 64-48 loss to Auburn. Sacred Heart has not had much luck with Auburn recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Pawnee City strolled past Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 54-38. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Pawnee City.
Pawnee City can attribute much of their success to Jett Farwell, who scored 19 points along with nine rebounds and four steals, and Anthony Kling, who scored 24 points along with eight rebounds and six steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Kling has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Drew Menninga, who scored two points along with five rebounds and four steals.
Sacred Heart's defeat dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Pawnee City, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Everything went Sacred Heart's way against Pawnee City in their previous matchup back in January of 2023 as Sacred Heart made off with a 68-43 win. Will Sacred Heart repeat their success, or does Pawnee City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.