Mountain Lake/Comfrey will square off against the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain Lake/Comfrey has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight losses, while Hills-Beaver Creek will come in with seven straight wins.
Mountain Lake/Comfrey came up short against Madelia on Tuesday, falling 71-51. While losing is never fun, Mountain Lake/Comfrey can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 374th, while Madelia is ranked 157th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hills-Beaver Creek). They snuck past Southwest Minnesota Christian with an 80-76 victory on Tuesday.
Hills-Beaver Creek pushed their record up to 13-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.1 points per game. As for Mountain Lake/Comfrey, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-12.
Mountain Lake/Comfrey took a serious blow against Hills-Beaver Creek in their previous meeting last Monday, falling 71-36. Can Mountain Lake/Comfrey avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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