Basketball Game Preview: Bingham Miners vs. Mountain Ridge Sentinels

The Bingham Miners will head out to challenge the Mountain Ridge Sentinels at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Bingham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Copper Hills, who was ranked 20th at the time (Bingham was ranked ninth). Bingham enjoyed a cozy 73-55 win over Copper Hills on Friday. The Miners haven't had any issues with the Grizzlies recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.

Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge beat Riverton 76-64 on Friday.

Bingham better focus on containing Will Lindsay and Landon Blackwell as the pair were huge in Mountain Ridge's win. Lindsay dropped a double-double on 27 points and 13 rebounds, while Blackwell posted 15 points in addition to six assists and three steals. The matchup was Lindsay's seventh in a row with at least 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sawyer Howell, who had nine points and six boards.

The win got Mountain Ridge back to even at 10-10. As for Bingham, their victory bumped their record up to 15-6.

Bingham came up short against Mountain Ridge in their previous meeting back in January, falling 61-53. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lindsay, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Bingham knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.