Basketball Game Preview: New Buffalo Bison vs. River Valley Mustangs

New Buffalo is 8-2 against River Valley since February of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The New Buffalo Bison will square off against the River Valley Mustangs at 5:30 p.m.

New Buffalo is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing River Valley: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went New Buffalo's way against River Valley on Friday as New Buffalo made off with a 67-47 victory. The Bison have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 20 points or more this season.

Lucas Forker

Rebounds (Career)

02/21/25 @ River Valley	17
01/14/25 @ Dowagiac	15
12/10/24 vs Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	15
11/26/24 vs Bangor	15
02/13/25 @ Howardsville Christian	14

New Buffalo's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Trevor James, who to rack up 19 points and five rebounds, and Lucas Forker, who dropped a double-double with 18 points and 17 boards. The dominant performance gave Forker a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of James Shaw, who posted nine points.

River Valley now has a winning record of 11-10. As for New Buffalo, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.