The Middle Park Panthers will be defending their home court for the first time this season when they go up against the Battle Mountain Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Middle Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Lake County 88-52 on Tuesday. Given Middle Park's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while Lake County is ranked 192nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Battle Mountain beat Rifle 73-68 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Huskies.
Middle Park better keep an eye on Charlie Strauch. He was instrumental in Battle Mountain's win, putting up 29 points. With that strong performance, Strauch is now averaging an impressive 16.2 points per game. Another player making a difference was Blake Roberts, who posted 15 points.
Middle Park pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 34.4 points. As for Battle Mountain, their victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2.
Middle Park didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Battle Mountain in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 57-52 win. Will Middle Park repeat their success, or does Battle Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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