Grundy Center is on a 11-game streak of home wins, while West Branch is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Grundy Center Spartans will host the West Branch Bears on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Grundy Center is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Iowa's top teams: Waverly-Shell Rock, who was ranked 16th at the time (Grundy Center was ranked 19th). Grundy Center received a blow on Saturday as they fell 83-69 to Waverly-Shell Rock.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Branch). They breezed past Tipton to the tune of 83-42 on Monday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Bears with their most commanding win of the season.
West Branch is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-12 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.2 points over those games. As for Grundy Center, their loss dropped their record down to 19-2.
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