A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Belle Plaine Tigers challenge the Fairmont Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday... Belle Plaine has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Belle Plaine is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took an 86-81 hit to the loss column at the hands of Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center]. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (66), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Fairmont unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a hard 59-40 fall against Marshall. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while the Tigers are ranked 17th).
Belle Plaine's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-8. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.3 points per game. As for Fairmont, their loss dropped their record down to 10-4.
Everything went Belle Plaine's way against Fairmont when the teams last played back in February of 2024, as Belle Plaine made off with a 57-37 victory. Will Belle Plaine repeat their success, or does Fairmont have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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