The Pine Ridge Thorpes will take on the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Pine Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Lennox, who was ranked 12th at the time (Pine Ridge was ranked 23rd). Pine Ridge took a 75-56 bruising from Lennox on Tuesday. The Thorpes have struggled against the Orioles recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Sioux Falls Christian fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Western Christian on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Wolfpack by a score of 89-86. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Chargers have suffered since March 16, 2024.
Having lost for the first time this season, Sioux Falls Christian fell to 14-1. As for Pine Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.
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