Preview: Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers vs. Bigfork Huskies
Mountain Iron-Buhl has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Bigfork Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Iron-Buhl has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 517 points over their last six contests.
Mountain Iron-Buhl scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They took down Fond du Lac Ojibwe O 103-88. Mountain Iron-Buhl's offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Tj Duchamp and Micaden Clines were among the main playmakers for Mountain Iron-Buhl as the former almost dropped a double-double on 31 points and nine assists and the latter scored 30 points along with six steals and five rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Clines has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Rylen Niska, who scored 18 points along with four steals.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 59-30, which was the final score in Bigfork's tilt against Greenway on Tuesday.
Mountain Iron-Buhl pushed their record up to 19-5 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 94.3 points per game. As for Bigfork, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-18 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Mountain Iron-Buhl against Bigfork in their previous matchup back in February of 2023 as the team secured a 73-33 victory. In that contest, Mountain Iron-Buhl amassed a halftime lead of 73-33, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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