After flying high against Stevensville last Thursday, Hamilton came back down to earth. The Hamilton Broncs came up short against the Beaverhead County Beavers on Friday, falling 60-35. While losing is never fun, the Broncs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Montana basketball rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Beavers are ranked 13th).
Landen Wetzel
| 01/16/25 vs Corvallis | 17 |
| 02/21/25 @ Beaverhead County | 16 |
| 01/17/25 @ Stevensville | 16 |
| 02/06/25 @ Corvallis | 14 |
| 01/04/25 vs Polson | 11 |
| + 11 more games |
When it comes to explaining why Hamilton lost, don't look at Landen Wetzel. Despite the final result, he went 5-for-11 to rack up 16 points. Hamilton is 2-1 when Wetzel posts 15 or more points, but 7-8 otherwise. Canaan Magness was another key player, putting up seven points and seven rebounds.
Beaverhead County was led to victory by Carter Curnow and Kyler Engellant. Curnow went 9-for-14 en route to 25 points and seven boards, while Engellant shot 5-for-8 from long range and dropped a double-double with 22 points and 15 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Engellant a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Braxtyn Turney, who posted three points.
Hamilton's loss dropped their record down to 9-9. As for Beaverhead County, the win (which was their 13th in a row) raised their record to 15-1.
Looking ahead, Hamilton will face off against Frenchtown at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hamilton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.2 points per game this season. Beaverhead County has already played their next contest (against Stevensville), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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