The Torrington Trailblazers will head out to square off against the Mitchell Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Torrington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Glenrock, who was ranked 24th at the time (Torrington was ranked 22nd). Torrington came out on top against Glenrock by a score of 51-44 on Saturday.
Landre Greiman was a one-man wrecking crew for Torrington as he went 7 for 13 on his way to 20 points in addition to six rebounds and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Hime, who posted nine points in addition to six boards and three blocks.
Torrington smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Meanwhile, Mitchell made easy work of Crawford on Tuesday and carried off a 46-23 win. The Tigers pushed the score to 38-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Rams cut but never quite recovered from.
Mitchell has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.0 points per game. As for Torrington, their victory bumped their record up to 3-4.
Torrington and Mitchell were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, but Torrington came up empty-handed after a 50-49 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mitchell's Waymond Banks, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds. Now that Torrington knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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