Preview: Bigfork Huskies vs. Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers
Bigfork is 2-8 against Mountain Iron-Buhl since November of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bigfork Huskies will head out on the road to challenge the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers at 7:00 p.m. Bigfork will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Minnesota Rankings (they are ranked 430th, while Mountain Iron-Buhl is ranked 146th).
Last Tuesday, Bigfork had to suffer through a rough 59-30 loss at the hands of Greenway.
Meanwhile, Mountain Iron-Buhl scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They strolled past Fond du Lac Ojibwe O with points to spare, taking the game 103-88. Winning may never get old, but Mountain Iron-Buhl sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
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.
Bigfork's loss dropped their record down to 4-18. As for Mountain Iron-Buhl, they pushed their record up to 19-5 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Bigfork was dealt a bruising 73-33 defeat at the hands of Mountain Iron-Buhl in their previous meeting back in February of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bigfork was down 73-33.
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