Basketball Game Preview: Torrington Trailblazers vs. Mountain View Buffalos

The Torrington Trailblazers will take on the Mountain View Buffalos on Thursday. Torrington will be strutting in after a victory while Mountain View will be coming in after a loss.

Mountain View will be up against a hot Torrington team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Torrington came out on top in a nail-biter against Wheatland on Saturday, sneaking past 39-37.

Mac Hibben

Field Goal Percentage

03/08/25 vs Wheatland	78%
03/07/25 vs Douglas	43%
03/06/25 vs Rawlins	70%
02/28/25 @ Rawlins	33%
02/22/25 @ Burns	45%
+ 17 more games

Mac Hibben went supernova for Torrington, going 7-for-9 on his way to 19 points. Thanks to that strong game, Hibben now owns an excellent 45.1% shooting accuracy. Another player making a difference was Landre Greiman, who posted six points and three steals.

Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mountain View can now relate to. They came up short against the Broncs on Friday, falling 49-24. The defeat continues a trend for the Buffalos in their meetings with the Broncs: they've now lost seven in a row.

Mountain View's loss dropped their record down to 10-14. As for Torrington, the win got them back to even at 11-11.

Torrington couldn't quite get it done against Mountain View in their previous meeting back in December of 2021 as they fell 56-47. Can Torrington avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.