The Turtle Mountain Braves are on the road again on Thursday and play against the Killdeer Cowboys at 5:00 p.m. on December 28th. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in North Dakota (Turtle Mountain is ranked 65th, while Killdeer is ranked 44th).
Turtle Mountain pushed their score all the way to 66 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 76-66 to Westhope/Newburg.
Meanwhile, Killdeer was able to grind out a solid victory over New England on Tuesday, taking the game 46-35. The win made it back-to-back wins for Killdeer.
Turtle Mountain's defeat was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which bumped their record down to 1-4. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points per game. As for Killdeer, they now have a winning record of 2-1.