It’s two rivalry games in 24-hours for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys basketball team when they travel to Coralville to take on Iowa City Regina in a neutral-site River Valley Conference contest Tuesday. The Hawks enter the fray with a 6-4 overall mark, 2-2 in the River Valley after a 69-61 setback at Williamsburg Monday where Camron Pickard led the way with 15 points and Mid-Prairie got 10 each from Ace Peck and Shawn Dodds. Mid-Prairie is receiving votes in the latest Class 2A poll issued by the Associated Press. On the season, the Hawks are scoring 62 points per game and giving up 58, shooting 38% from the floor, 30% from long range and 71% at the line with 31 boards, 12 assists, eight steals and 11 turnovers per night. Individual leaders include Pickard at 17 points and four assists per game. Alex Bean has six boards and two steals per night.

Iowa City Regina is 6-5 overall and 4-4 in the River Valley Conference after a 64-57 loss at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids Saturday to state ranked Monticello in the River Valley Conference Shoot Out. The Regals got 13 from Drew Streb and 12 from Eddie Petersen in the loss. On the year, Regina scores 50 points per game and gives up 52, shooting 37% from the floor, 30% from three and 59% at the line with 31 rebounds, 11 assists, seven steals and 15 turnovers per game. Individual Regal leaders include Michael Martin at 13 points, Streb with eight rebounds and Petersen with three assists and two steals per night. Monday, Golden Hawk head coach Daren Lambert talked about the challenges the Regals present. “They got some new guys, mixed with some guys that saw some time last year and a couple of post players that are big. They play within themselves, they don’t try to do too much. They mix up some pressure and play in the half court a little bit. They are an athletic bunch. It’s Regina. They are always going to have athletes. They are going to be physical. They want to win. They haven’t beaten us in a while. They are going to be excited to play in a new arena just like we are. We have to be ready to go.”

Regina has won 22 of the last 34 in the series but the Hawks have taken four straight including 55-24 and 69-50 victories a season ago. You can hear all of the action live this afternoon between Mid-Prairie and Iowa City Regina from Xtream Arena in Coralville, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 4p.m. and tip off at 4:30 on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com.