Basketball Recap: Moose Lake/Willow River's Higher State Rank on Full Display on Monday

Moose Lake/Willow River won against McGregor last Sunday with 73 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Monday. The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels came out on top against the McGregor Mercuries by a score of 73-62. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Mercuries are ranked 334th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Moose Lake/Willow River is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.8 points per game. As for McGregor, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-9.

Moose Lake/Willow River will have a chance to go back-to-back against McGregor: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.