Basketball Recap: Spruce Mountain Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Feb 3, 2025, 7:42pm

Basketball Recap: Spruce Mountain Phoenix vs. Dirigo Cougars

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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

Previous 5 Games

02/03/25 @ Dirigo39-40
01/30/25 vs Mountain Valley66-27
01/24/25 @ Madison54-42
01/22/25 vs Mount Abram63-57
01/20/25 vs Leavitt73-48

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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