Nekoosa is 0-3 against Poynette since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Nekoosa Papermakers will head out on the road to square off against the Poynette Pumas at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Nekoosa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 14th straight defeat. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 67-47 walloping at the hands of Adams-Friendship.
Meanwhile, Poynette was beaten by Lakeside Lutheran 69-34 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Poynette can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 330th, while Lakeside Lutheran is ranked 27th).
Nekoosa's loss dropped their record down to 6-16. As for Poynette, they dropped their record down to 7-16 with that loss, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Nekoosa and Poynette were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in December of 2018, but Nekoosa came up empty-handed after a 51-50 defeat. Can Nekoosa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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