Recap: Montrose Red Hawks vs. Battle Mountain Huskies
The Montrose Red Hawks stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They blew past Battle Mountain, posting a 56-25 win on the road. Given Montrose's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 46th, while Battle Mountain is ranked 277th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Montrose's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Kaleb Ferguson, who scored 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brekin Hutto, who scored eight points along with two steals.
Despite the defeat, Battle Mountain saw an underclassman step up: Jackson Wansley scored nine points along with two steals.
Montrose pushed their record up to 17-6 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Battle Mountain, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-21.
Montrose will square off against Harrison at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Harrison focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up five last Wednesday. Battle Mountain does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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