The Byron Bears will square off against the Lourdes Eagles at 5:45 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Byron has eight straight victories, Lourdes has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Byron is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Minnesota's top teams: Stewartville, who was ranked 16th at the time (Byron was ranked eighth). Byron walked away with a 65-53 win over Stewartville on Friday.
Meanwhile, Lourdes came up short against Cannon Falls on Friday and fell 74-65. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (56), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Lourdes' loss dropped their record down to 2-17. As for Byron, they pushed their record up to 18-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Everything came up roses for Byron against Lourdes in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as the squad secured a 75-41 win. Does Byron have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lourdes turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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