Recap: Hibbing Bluejackets vs. Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers
This season hasn't been kind to the Hibbing Bluejackets, who are still winless after their seventh match. Their2023 ended with a 74-56 loss against Mountain Iron-Buhl on Wednesday. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Mountain Iron-Buhl was led to victory by Tj Duchamp and Chris King. Duchamp scored 20 points along with four steals, while King scored 19 points along with eight rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Duchamp has scored at least 25% of Mountain Iron-Buhl's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylen Niska, who scored nine points along with three steals.
Hibbing bumped their record down to 0-7 with that defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Mountain Iron-Buhl, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Hibbing will be playing at home against Deer River at 7:15 p.m. on January 5, 2024. Mountain Iron-Buhl and B O L D will round out the year against one another at 2:45 p.m. on Friday at. One thing working in B O L D's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last three matches.
