Basketball Recap: Mineral Point's Run of Six Straight Wins Now Over

By Team Reports Jan 29, 2025, 12:56pm

Basketball Recap: Mineral Point Pointers vs. Belleville Wildcats

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Previous 5 Games

01/27/25 @ Belleville51-60
01/24/25 vs Riverdale62-23
01/21/25 @ Cuba City68-62
01/16/25 @ Iowa-Grant81-15
01/13/25 @ Mount Horeb75-58

After flying high against Riverdale last Friday, Mineral Point came back down to earth. The Mineral Point Pointers took a 60-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Belleville Wildcats on Monday. The Pointers' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.

Mineral Point's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-6. As for Belleville, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.

Mineral Point and Belleville should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Wisconsin Rankings. Mineral Point (ranked 83rd) will meet Boscobel (ranked 406th) at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mineral Point is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road. Meanwhile, Belleville will challenge Marshall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday up 229 places (91 vs. 320).

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