Basketball Recap: Spruce Mountain Takes a Loss
By Team Reports
Feb 3, 2025, 7:42pm
Basketball Recap: Spruce Mountain Phoenix vs. Dirigo Cougars
If Spruce Mountain was feeling good fresh off their 66-27 takedown of Mountain Valley last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Spruce Mountain Phoenix were just a bucket shy of victory on Monday and fell 40-39 to the Dirigo Cougars. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Phoenix came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Maine basketball rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Cougars are ranked 83rd).

Phoenix
02/03/25 @ Dirigo | 39-40 |
01/30/25 vs Mountain Valley | 66-27 |
01/24/25 @ Madison | 54-42 |
01/22/25 vs Mount Abram | 63-57 |
01/20/25 vs Leavitt | 73-48 |
Spruce Mountain moved to 15-3 with that loss, which also ended their six-game winning streak. As for Dirigo, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season.
As of now, neither Spruce Mountain nor Dirigo have any future games scheduled.
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