Basketball Recap: Malta Picks Up Ninth Consecutive Victory
By Team Reports
Feb 16, 2025, 2:21pm
Basketball Recap: Malta Mustangs vs. Poplar Indians
| 02/14/25 vs Poplar | 63-55 |
| 02/08/25 @ Glasgow | 84-63 |
| 02/07/25 vs Wolf Point | 90-47 |
| 01/31/25 vs Fairview | 68-60 |
| 01/30/25 vs Roy/Winifred | 86-56 |
| + 4 more games |
Malta waltzed into their contest on Friday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They walked away with a 63-55 victory over the Poplar Indians. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Montana basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Indians are ranked 53rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Malta's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.6 points over those games. As for Poplar, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.
Malta has already played their next matchup, a 75-70 victory against Harlem on the 15th. Poplar has also already played their next game (against Wolf Point), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
