Battle Mountain suffered their biggest defeat since December 21, 2024 on Saturday. They came up short against the Incline Highlanders, falling 67-45. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Highlanders this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 65-34 back in December of 2024.
Geovanni Ruvalcaba
| 02/08/25 vs Incline | 15 |
| 02/07/25 vs North Tahoe | 16 |
| 02/01/25 @ Sierra Lutheran | 18 |
| 01/31/25 @ Silver Stage | 25 |
Geovanni Ruvalcaba and Brodie Smith certainly did their best on Saturday to avoid the loss. Ruvalcaba went 5 for 11 en route to 15 points, while Smith went 7 of 14 to rack up 16 points and six rebounds. The matchup was Ruvalcaba's fourth in a row with at least 15 points. Adan Nevarez was another key player, putting up six points.
Tommy Williams was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 24 points and ten boards for Incline. That makes it six consecutive games in which Williams has scored at least a third of Incline's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Colin Combs, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Battle Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 17-7. As for Incline, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season.
Coming up, Battle Mountain will face off against Yerington at 4:40 p.m. on Thursday. Battle Mountain is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.3 points per game this season. Incline does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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