Basketball Game Preview: Mount View Mustangs vs. Belfast Lions

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Mount View has gone 8-2 against Belfast recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Mount View Mustangs will square off against the Belfast Lions at 3:00 p.m. Mount View has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Belfast will come in with three straight wins.

On Thursday, 2025 welcomed Mount View with a 66-45 loss courtesy of Winslow. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Mustangs have suffered against the Black Raiders since January 30, 2023.

While Belfast didn't have the best season last year (they finished 1-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top against Waterville by a score of 64-52 on Thursday.

Belfast pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.6 points per game. As for Mount View, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.

Mount View and Belfast were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but Mount View came up empty-handed after a 52-51 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Belfast's Trevin Ripley, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 boards. Now that Mount View knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.