The Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears will head out to challenge the Humboldt Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Bishop Garrigan sitting on six straight wins and Humboldt on seven.
Bishop Garrigan will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Lake Mills, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Bishop Garrigan walked away with a 60-51 victory over Lake Mills on Tuesday. Given the Golden Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 110th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Humboldt was able to grind out a solid win over Clarion-Goldfield/DOWS on Tuesday, taking the game 65-56.
Humboldt has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 78.9 points per game. As for Bishop Garrigan, they pushed their record up to 13-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Bishop Garrigan was able to grind out a solid win over Humboldt in their previous matchup back in November of 2017, winning 76-63. Does Bishop Garrigan have another victory up their sleeve, or will Humboldt turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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