Basketball Recap: Mountain Iron-Buhl Drops Highest Score of Season Against International Falls

Rangers

Team Score

01/28/25 @ International Falls	107
12/05/24 @ Northland	100
12/03/24 vs Red Lake	95
12/09/24 vs Floodwood	92
12/19/24 @ Hill City	85

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain Iron-Buhl). They took their game on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 107-51 victory over the International Falls Broncos. The Rangers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 20 points or more this season.

Leading Mountain Iron-Buhl to victory were Tj Duchamp and Micaden Clines. Duchamp went 12 for 21 on his way to 34 points and five steals, while Clines went 9 of 13 en route to 21 points along with eight steals and seven assists. Those eight steals gave Clines a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Chris King, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine boards.

They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Mountain Iron-Buhl was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Mountain Iron-Buhl's win bumped their record up to 14-4. As for International Falls, their loss was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-15.

Mountain Iron-Buhl won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Cass Lake-Bena at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Cass Lake-Bena's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season. International Falls has already played their next game (against Lake of the Woods), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.