The Prairie Mustangs will square off against the Eads Eagles at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Prairie will be strutting in after a win while Eads will be coming in after a defeat.
Prairie will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Briggsdale, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Prairie came out on top against Briggsdale by a score of 51-41 on Tuesday.
Hunter Johnson
| 02/04/25 @ Briggsdale | 60% |
| 01/28/25 @ Potter-Dix | 67% |
| 01/24/25 vs Evangel Christian Academy | 46% |
Prairie found their leader in sophomore Hunter Johnson, who went 6 for 10 en route to 19 points and eight rebounds. Johnson is also on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as he's posted one of at least 45% in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Beau Carlson, who posted six points.
Meanwhile, Eads was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 52-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Granada. The Eagles were down 40-19 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Prairie will need to focus on slowing down Case Nelson, one of several Eads players who made an impact when they last played. He had seven points in addition to ten boards and four steals. Nelson has become a key player for Eads: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least ten rebounds, but 3-8 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Kadan Dunlap, who scored 13 points.
Prairie has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-9 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 38.9% in those games and 22.7% outside of them. As for Eads, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Prairie has been crashing the boards this season, having averaged 28 boards per game. However, it's not like Eads struggles in that department as they've been averaging 30.5 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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