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Cherry Mountain Iron-Buhl

Tigers

Rangers

The Mountain Iron-Buhl (Mountain Iron, MN) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Cherry (Iron, MN) by a score of 73-65.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cherry	28	45	0	0	73
Mountain Iron-Buhl	34	31	0	0	65

Final score provided by J. Buffetta.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Mountain Iron-Buhl (22-23)

Cherry

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	73	29	57	51	55
1	Andrew Staples (Jr)	3	1	1	100	150
2	Noah Sundquist (So)	14	5	13	38	42
3	Isaac Asuma (Jr)	19	8	14	57	61
5	Noah Asuma (Fr)	16	7	17	41	44
21	L. Ruotsalainen (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
23	Carson Brown (So)	10	4	6	67	67
42	Kaleb Rinerson (Sr)	8	3	3	100	100

Mountain Iron-Buhl

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	65	23	57	40	46
0	Braylen Keith (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100
1	Tj Duchamp (So)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Asher Zubich (Sr)	29	10	15	67	77
3	Cooper Salinas (So)	2	1	3	33	33
4	Micaden Clines (So)	6	1	3	33	50
4	Mason Clines (Sr)	1	0	3	0	0
5	Rylen Niska (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Josh Holmes (Sr)	4	2	8	25	25
14	Nikolas Jesch (Sr)	19	7	21	33	40

Cherry

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	73	5	19	26	10	13	77	24	38	63
1	Andrew Staples (Jr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Noah Sundquist (So)	14	1	3	33	3	4	75	4	10	40
3	Isaac Asuma (Jr)	19	1	2	50	2	2	100	7	12	58
5	Noah Asuma (Fr)	16	1	8	13	1	2	50	6	9	67
21	L. Ruotsalainen (Jr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Carson Brown (So)	10	0	2	0	2	2	100	4	4	100
42	Kaleb Rinerson (Sr)	8	0	0	0	2	3	67	3	3	100

Mountain Iron-Buhl

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	65	7	27	26	12	17	71	16	30	53
0	Braylen Keith (Sr)	4				0	2	0	2	2	100
1	Tj Duchamp (So)	0	0	1	0
2	Asher Zubich (Sr)	29	3	6	50	6	7	86	7	9	78
3	Cooper Salinas (So)	2							1	3	33
4	Micaden Clines (So)	6	1	3	33	3	4	75
4	Mason Clines (Sr)	1				1	2	50	0	3	0
5	Rylen Niska (Jr)	0	0	1	0
13	Josh Holmes (Sr)	4	0	3	0				2	5	40
14	Nikolas Jesch (Sr)	19	3	13	23	2	2	100	4	8	50

Cherry

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	73	8	27	35	15	5	2	15	17
1	Andrew Staples (Jr)	3	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	3
2	Noah Sundquist (So)	14	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	5
3	Isaac Asuma (Jr)	19	1	14	15	9	3	2	6	1
4	Mason Heitzman (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Noah Asuma (Fr)	16	2	4	6	3	0	0	0	1
21	L. Ruotsalainen (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Carson Brown (So)	10	3	2	5	2	0	0	3	3
42	Kaleb Rinerson (Sr)	8	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	3

Mountain Iron-Buhl

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	65	5	18	23	15	6	13	18
0	Braylen Keith (Sr)	4	1	6	7	2	1	1	1
2	Asher Zubich (Sr)	29		3	3	3	3	6	1
3	Cooper Salinas (So)	2				2		1	2
4	Micaden Clines (So)	6	2	5	7	2		1	3
4	Mason Clines (Sr)	1	2	3	5	1		1	2
13	Josh Holmes (Sr)	4		1	1	4		1	4
14	Nikolas Jesch (Sr)	19				1	2	2	5

Cherry

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	0.33	0.29	0.12
2	Noah Sundquist (So)	0.00	0.50	0.20	0.00
3	Isaac Asuma (Jr)	1.50	0.50	3.00	2.00
5	Noah Asuma (Fr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	L. Ruotsalainen (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
23	Carson Brown (So)	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
42	Kaleb Rinerson (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00

Mountain Iron-Buhl

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	1.15	0.46	0.33
0	Braylen Keith (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00
2	Asher Zubich (Sr)	0.50	0.50	3.00
3	Cooper Salinas (So)	2.00
4	Micaden Clines (So)	2.00
4	Mason Clines (Sr)	1.00
13	Josh Holmes (Sr)	4.00
14	Nikolas Jesch (Sr)	0.50	1.00	0.40

Game Story

Minnesota High School Basketball - Mountain Iron-Buhl topped by Cherry

January 19, 2023: Mountain Iron, MN 55768

The Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers basketball team (Mountain Iron, MN), dropped 73-65 in Thursday's league battle with the visiting Cherry Tigers (Iron, MN)

The Tigers now possess a 9-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Nashwauk-Keewatin for a A Section 7 battle on Friday, January 20. Cherry will battle a Spartans team coming off a 60-57 non-league win over Mesabi East (Aurora, MN). The Spartans record now stands at 2-11.

The Rangers (8-6) will now prepare for their battle against Ely (Ely, MN). The Timberwolves come into the battle with a 11-1 record. In their last battle, Ely prevailed over Bigfork (Bigfork, MN), 56-44, in a non-league battle.

Players of the Game

Cherry (22-23)

Congratulations to #5 Noah Asuma for being selected the Cherry Basketball Player of the Game.

Mountain Iron-Buhl (22-23)

Mountain Iron-Buhl has not selected any Players of the Game.

Cherry @ MIBHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 19, 2023 @ 7:15p

The Mountain Iron-Buhl (Mountain Iron, MN) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Cherry (Iron, MN) by a score of 73-65.

Rankings & Records

Cherry (22-23)

MN	Class
72	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
27-7	11-1	9-0	6-1	12-6	.794	.917	2,712	1,801

Mountain Iron-Buhl (22-23)

MN	Class
160	32

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-8	7-1	9-3	10-3	2-2	.724	.875	2,327	1,672

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Cherry	28.0	45.0	0	0	-	79.8
Mountain Iron-Buhl	40.0	38.4	0	1.7	2.0	80.2

Team Stat Comparison

Cherry		Mountain Iron-Buhl
78.1	Points Per Game	79.7
33.5	Rebounds Per Game	25.1
23.4	Assists Per Game	16.1
11.9	Steals Per Game	12.9
3.4	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Cherry		Mountain Iron-Buhl	National Avg.
#3 Isaac Asuma20.1	Points Per Game	#2 Asher Zubich25.2	4.9
#3 Isaac Asuma8.8	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Asher Zubich5.0	2.6
#3 Isaac Asuma6.4	Assists Per Game	#2 Asher Zubich5.4	1.0
#3 Isaac Asuma2.6	Steals Per Game	#14 Nikolas Jesch2.9	0.8
#3 Isaac Asuma1.6	Blocks Per Game	#2 Asher Zubich0.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Cherry	17-2		Mountain Iron-Buhl	13-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/22	Cherry	Deer River	(L) 64-58	1/26/23	Deer River	Mountain Iron-Buhl	(W) 88-60
3/17/23	Deer River	Cherry	(W) 85-61	3/15/23	Deer River	Mountain Iron-Buhl	(L) 86-73
12/13/22	South Ridge	Cherry	(W) 74-52	2/14/23	Mountain Iron-Buhl	South Ridge	(W) 77-48
1/5/23	Cherry	Wrenshall	(W) 93-57	3/9/23	Wrenshall	Mountain Iron-Buhl	(W) 104-44
1/7/23	Nevis	Cherry	(W) 83-71	12/30/22	Nevis	Mountain Iron-Buhl	(W) 84-71
1/10/23	Bigfork	Cherry	(W) 93-33	2/24/23	Mountain Iron-Buhl	Bigfork	(W) 73-33
1/12/23	Cherry	Littlefork-Big Falls	(W) 101-37	12/13/22	Mountain Iron-Buhl	Littlefork-Big Falls	(W) 92-46
1/20/23	Cherry	Nashwauk-Keewatin	(W) 101-54	2/17/23	Mountain Iron-Buhl	Nashwauk-Keewatin	(W) 88-40
1/24/23	North Woods	Cherry	(W) 84-65	1/13/23	North Woods	Mountain Iron-Buhl	(W) 98-62
3/11/23	Cherry	North Woods	(W) 105-76
1/31/23	Cherry	Chisholm	(W) 85-53	1/6/23	Mountain Iron-Buhl	Chisholm	(W) 73-35
2/2/23	Cherry	Greenway	(W) 96-27	1/16/23	Mountain Iron-Buhl	Greenway	(W) 86-36
2/6/23	Cherry	International Falls	(W) 104-23	1/31/23	Mountain Iron-Buhl	International Falls	(W) 103-48
2/14/23	Cherry	Cromwell	(W) 85-28	2/20/23	Cromwell	Mountain Iron-Buhl	(W) 84-59
2/16/23	Cass Lake-Bena	Cherry	(L) 57-52	1/23/23	Cass Lake-Bena	Mountain Iron-Buhl	(L) 104-77
2/21/23	Northland	Cherry	(W) 77-63	12/22/22	Mountain Iron-Buhl	Northland	(L) 77-58
3/15/23	Cherry	Northland	(W) 86-53
3/2/23	Cherry	Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia]	(W) 87-55	12/20/22	Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia]	Mountain Iron-Buhl	(L) 79-45
3/3/23	Mesabi East	Cherry	(W) 91-29	3/2/23	Mesabi East	Mountain Iron-Buhl	(W) 100-37

Record Breakdown

Cherry (22-23)		Mountain Iron-Buhl (22-23)
27-7	Overall	21-8
11-1	League	7-1
9-3	Non-League	12-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
17-2	Common Opponent	13-4
9-0	Home	9-3
6-1	Away	10-3
12-6	Neutral	2-2
6-3	Playoff	2-1
26-7	In-State	21-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0