Rice Lake is 2-8 against Menomonie since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Rice Lake Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Menomonie Mustangs at 7:15 p.m. Rice Lake is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Last Tuesday, Rice Lake was able to grind out a solid win over Medford, taking the game 69-62. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Raiders are ranked 195th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 12/17/24 vs Medford | 29 |
| 12/06/24 @ New Richmond | 43 |
| 12/02/24 vs Altoona | 15 |
| 11/25/24 vs Rhinelander | 25 |
| 11/19/24 vs Northwestern | 32 |
Addison Schmidt and Adaline Sheplee were among the main playmakers for Rice Lake as the former dropped a double-double on 22 points and 17 boards and the latter dropped a double-double on 29 points and 13 boards. Sheplee's evening made it five games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Sydney Schradle, who went 5 of 8 on her way to 12 points.
Meanwhile, Menomonie was just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 46-45 to Hudson. The Mustangs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Rice Lake pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 24.9 points. As for Menomonie, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Rice Lake couldn't quite finish off Menomonie when the teams last played back in January and fell 59-56. Can Rice Lake avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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