The PCM Basketball teams will make the trip to Roland-Story tonight for their final Heart of Iowa Conference doubleheader of 2022.

The Mustangs’ girls team is looking to stay above the .500 mark, entering the game with a 5-4 overall record and 3-2 conference mark. The Norseman hold an unblemished mark in league play at 4-0 and are 5-1 overall on the season. The PCM boys are 3-5 overall and 1-3 in the conference, while Roland-Story is undefeated at 5-0 and 4-0 in the league. Facing the #1 team in Class 2A according to BCMoore, Mustangs’ boys head coach Fred Lorensen knows tonight will be a challenge for his team but adds that they plan to compete until the final buzzer sounds. 

“Right before Christmas, you kind of feel like you’re getting a lump of coal in your stocking when you have to go up there and play Roland-Story. They’re really, really good. I’ve seen them on tape several times and they’re just really long and athletic and they shoot the ball really well. They’re just relentless on the offensive boards. Our goal going into that game is we just want to make sure that we take care of what we need to do and we’re gonna try to get our kids to play as hard as we can play, regardless of if the score is good, bad, or somewhere in between. We plan on playing 32 minutes of really hard basketball and we’ll just let the let the chips fall where they may.”

Coverage of PCM’s final basketball doubleheader before Christmas Break at Roland-Story High School can be heard live on the KRLS3 stream at KNIAKRLS.com beginning with pregame at 5:45 p.m.