The Center Point-Urbana Stormin' Pointers will venture away from home to face off against the Mt. Vernon Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
While Center Point-Urbana didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Lincoln, posting a 59-13 victory. Given the Stormin' Pointers' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while the Railsplitters are ranked 308th), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon waltzed into their matchup on Friday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They took their game with ease, bagging a 77-25 win over the Vikings.
Center Point-Urbana is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.8 points per game. As for Mt. Vernon, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-1.
Center Point-Urbana was taken down by Mt. Vernon 63-35 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Center Point-Urbana avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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