Basketball Recap: Turtle Mountain Comes Up Short

Turtle Mountain and Des Lacs-Burlington squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but Turtle Mountain had to settle for second. They fell to the Des Lacs-Burlington Lakers 45-40. The defeat continues a trend for the Braves in their meetings with the Lakers: they've now lost three in a row.

Turtle Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 6-18. As for Des Lacs-Burlington, the victory was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-10.

While Turtle Mountain had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.