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Malta Poplar

Mustangs M

Indians P

The Poplar (MT) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Malta (MT) by a score of 79-74.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Malta	-	-	-	-	79
Poplar	-	-	-	-	74

Final score provided by S. CalPreps.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Montana High School Basketball - Poplar can't hold off Malta

January 25, 2025: Poplar, MT 59255

The Malta Mustangs nipped the host Poplar Indians basketball squad by a final score of 79-74 in Saturday's league outing.

Next, the Mustangs face the Roy/Winifred Outlaws (Winifred, MT) in a non-league outing, on Thursday, January 30. Malta will attempt to upgrade on its 9-3 season record.

The Indians (4-7) will now prepare for their outing against Culbertson (Culbertson, MT). The Cowboys enter the non-league outing with a 7-4 record. In their last outing, Culbertson was nipped by Plentywood (Plentywood, MT), 72-24, in a league outing.

Malta @ Poplar Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 25, 2025 @ 6p

The Poplar (MT) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Malta (MT) by a score of 79-74.

Rankings & Records

Malta (24-25)

MT	Class
7	3

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
22-4	9-1	7-1	6-0	9-3	.846	.900	1,973	1,568

Poplar (24-25)

MT	Class
33	11

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
10-11	1-6	1-2	1-4	8-5	.476	.143	1,156	1,165

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Malta	-	-	-	-	75.9
Poplar	16.0	15.0	12.0	18.0	55.0

Head-to-Head

Malta won on 1/25/2025

1/25 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Malta - - - - 79
Poplar - - - - 74

The Malta (MT) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away conference game against Poplar (MT) by a score of 79-74.
Box score
Malta won on 2/14/2025

2/14 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Poplar - - - - 55
Malta - - - - 63

The Poplar (MT) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Malta (MT) by a score of 63-55.
Box score

2/14 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Poplar	-	-	-	-	55
Malta	-	-	-	-	63

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Malta	14-1		Poplar	8-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	Malta	Huntley Project	(W) 70-64	12/13/24	Huntley Project	Poplar	(W) 64-57
1/3/25	Fairview	Malta	(W) 84-61	1/17/25	Fairview	Poplar	(L) 62-51
1/31/25	Malta	Fairview	(W) 68-60	1/18/25	Poplar	Fairview	(L) 62-51
2/1/25	Malta	Fairview	(W) 68-60	2/7/25	Poplar	Fairview	(W) 50-46
2/20/25	Malta	Fairview	(W) 81-44	2/8/25	Fairview	Poplar
1/10/25	Glasgow	Malta	(L) 78-74	1/17/25	Poplar	Glasgow	(L) 45-44
2/8/25	Malta	Glasgow	(W) 84-63	2/7/25	Glasgow	Poplar
2/22/25	Malta	Glasgow	(W) 91-62	2/20/25	Glasgow	Poplar	(L) 62-48
				3/8/25	Glasgow	Poplar	(L) 51-35
1/18/25	Malta	Wolf Point	(W) 91-51	1/9/25	Poplar	Wolf Point	(W) 56-50
2/7/25	Wolf Point	Malta	(W) 90-47	1/11/25	Wolf Point	Poplar
				2/15/25	Poplar	Wolf Point
				2/21/25	Poplar	Wolf Point	(W) 64-51
1/24/25	Harlem	Malta	(W) 80-56	12/20/24	Poplar	Harlem	(L) 60-44
2/15/25	Malta	Harlem	(W) 75-70	2/1/25	Harlem	Poplar
3/8/25	Malta	Harlem	(W) 95-57	2/19/25	Poplar	Harlem	(W) 66-55
				2/22/25	Poplar	Harlem	(W) 40-37
3/6/25	Malta	Rocky Boy	(W) 87-60	12/6/24	Poplar	Rocky Boy	(W) 62-52
				3/6/25	Rocky Boy	Poplar	(L) 60-51
3/6/25	Malta	Conrad	(W) 58-53	3/7/25	Poplar	Conrad	(W) 59-47

Record Breakdown

M Malta (24-25)		P Poplar (24-25)
22-4	Overall	10-11
9-1	League	1-6
6-2	Non-League	4-2
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
14-1	Common Opponent	8-7
7-1	Home	1-2
6-0	Away	1-4
9-3	Neutral	8-5
7-1	Playoff	5-3
22-4	In-State	10-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0