Basketball Game Preview: Watersprings vs. Leadore Mustangs

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Previous Games

01/20/24 - Away	67-27 W
12/10/22 - Home	64-35 W
01/15/22 - Home	80-28 W
12/03/21 - Away	75-23 W
01/12/21 - Home	62-28 W
+ 5 more games

Watersprings is 10-0 against Leadore since January of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. Watersprings will welcome the Leadore Mustangs at 3:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Leadore will be up against a hot Watersprings team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Everything went Watersprings' way against Sho-Ban on Thursday as Watersprings made off with a 65-40 win. Given Watersprings' advantage in MaxPreps' Idaho basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while Sho-Ban is ranked 113th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Leadore had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They walked away with a 58-46 victory over Grace Lutheran on Thursday.

Leadore's win came from a few key players Watersprings will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Mateus Brown, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine boards. Wyatt Foster was another key player, dropping a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds.

Watersprings' win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.8 points per game. As for Leadore, their victory bumped their record up to 4-7.

Everything came up roses for Watersprings against Leadore in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, as the team secured a 67-27 win. In that matchup, Watersprings amassed a halftime lead of 42-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.