Iowa City West is 2-8 against Cedar Falls since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Iowa City West Trojans will be playing at home against the Cedar Falls Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Iowa City West is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Western Dubuque: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Iowa City West blew Western Dubuque out of the water with a 68-30 final score. With the Trojans ahead 34-12 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cedar Falls). They took their matchup on Tuesday with ease, bagging an 84-29 win over Washington. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked second, while the Warriors are ranked 141st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cedar Falls pushed their record up to 14-2 with the victory, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 29.8 points. As for Iowa City West, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Iowa City West was taken down by Cedar Falls 69-31 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Will Iowa City West have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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