Basketball Game Preview: Vestaburg Wolverines vs. Montabella Mustangs

By Team Reports Feb 22, 2024, 2:17am

Preview: Vestaburg Wolverines vs. Montabella Mustangs

Vestaburg is 1-9 against Montabella since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Vestaburg Wolverines will head out on the road to face off against the Montabella Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Vestaburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 40-39 to Carson City-Crystal. The game was a 18-18 toss-up at halftime, but Vestaburg couldn't quite close it out.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 92-53, which was the final score in Montabella's tilt against Beal City on Monday. While losing is never fun, Montabella can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 316th, while Beal City is ranked 157th).

Vestaburg's defeat dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Montabella, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-6.

Vestaburg couldn't quite finish off Montabella in their previous meeting back in January and fell 38-36. Can Vestaburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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