The West Fork girls and boys basketball teams will play their first road game since January 25th after concluding a three game homestand on Tuesday. The Warhawks will travel to Nashua-Plainfield in Top of Iowa Conference East play on Friday. The Warhawk girls won 46-31 and the N-P boys won 71-61 in their first meeting on January 10.
The #15 (2A) West Fork girls (15-3, 10-1 TIC-East) are in first place in the conference and have won three straight games including a 58-22 win over North Butler on senior night on Tuesday. The Warhawks offense takes flight behind 14 assists per game. Leah Weaver leads with 16 points per game at 40.1 percent from the field.
Warhawks Head Coach Rodney Huber on not overlooking the Huskies and playing sharp.
“Nashua is a little bit of a scary one because of their size. They gave us some issues the first time we played them. They run a 1-3-1, kind of a unique zone. We started to attack it, I thought, better in the second half. Then we attacked the 1-3-1 against Newman pretty well. Hopefully we can score enough there and widen the distance against them,” says Huber. They’ve played some teams pretty tough. They gave Saint Ansgar a scare, I think, a couple of games ago. We just got to continue to take it one game at a time, make sure we’re focused on our opponent and we’re sharp every night. Obviously playing at Nashua will be a little bit of a challenge as well. Definitely one that we can’t let get us.”
The Nashua-Plainfield girls (10-9, 5-7 TIC-East) have won two games in a row including a 65-23 non-conference win over Waterloo Christian on Monday. The Huskies lead the Top of Iowa Conference East with 19 steals per game. Kadence Huck is the team’s top scorer with 17 points per game at 49.1 percent from the field.
The West Fork boys (8-9, 5-6 TIC-East) have won four games in a row including a 41-34 win over North Butler on senior night on Tuesday. The Warhawks during the win streak has held all four opponents to 51 points or less, which is under season average points allowed at 59.8 per game. Ashyr Wiseman is averaging 15.6 points per game.
The Nashua-Plainfield boys (12-7, 6-6 TIC-East) have lost two straight including a 55-52 loss to Waterloo Christian in non-conference on Monday. The Huskies offense relies on an ability to share the ball with 15.8 assists per game. Jase Hansen leads with 15.9 points per game.
Action begins at 6:15 p.m. in Nashua.
