The Helena Bengals will face off against the Sentinel Spartans at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The timing is sure in Helena's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Sentinel has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Helena is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Hellgate, who was ranked 24th at the time (Helena was ranked 18th). Helena was just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 67-66 to Hellgate.
Meanwhile, Sentinel humbled Capital with a 66-17 victory. The match marked the Spartans' most dominant victory of the season.
Sentinel's win bumped their record up to 6-8. As for Helena, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-4.
Helena didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Sentinel when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 64-58 victory. Will Helena repeat their success, or does Sentinel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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