| 01/20/25 vs Van Buren County | 43-35 |
| 01/17/25 vs Highland | 64-57 |
| 01/10/25 vs Lone Tree | 51-44 |
| 01/07/25 vs Louisa-Muscatine | 47-19 |
| 01/02/25 @ Pekin | 55-39 |
| + 4 more games |
Columbus had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.1 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Monday. They walked away with a 43-35 win over the Van Buren County Warriors. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while the Warriors are ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Columbus' victory bumped their record up to 13-1. As for Van Buren County, their loss dropped their record down to 8-8.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Columbus will take on Winfield-Mt. Union at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Columbus is facing Winfield-Mt. Union at the right time seeing as Winfield-Mt. Union is stuck on a 14-game losing streak. Van Buren County has already played their next game (against Danville), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
