Basketball Game Preview: Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes vs. Dollar Bay Bays

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Previous Games

12/16/24 - Home	24-75 L
02/28/24 - Away	64-43 W
02/20/24 - Home	84-59 W
12/19/23 - Away	66-59 W
03/08/23 - Away	71-48 W
+ 5 more games

Lake Linden-Hubbell is 9-1 against Dollar Bay since December of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes will venture away from home to square off against the Dollar Bay Bays at 7:15 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Lake Linden-Hubbell is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 68-50 victory over Chassell on Friday.

Meanwhile, Dollar Bay had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.3 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. They took down the Vikings 56-37.

Dollar Bay's win came from a few key players Lake Linden-Hubbell will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Caleb Kentala, who went 6-for-11 to rack up 17 points and seven assists. He is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in each of the last four games he's played. Liam Tourtillott was another key player, putting up 18 points and six rebounds.

Dollar Bay was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Baraga only racked up eight assists.

Dollar Bay pushed their record up to 18-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.7 points over those games. As for Lake Linden-Hubbell, their victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 2-18.

Lake Linden-Hubbell was dealt a bruising 75-24 defeat at the hands of Dollar Bay in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tourtillott, who went 12-for-20 on his way to 29 points and five boards. Now that Lake Linden-Hubbell knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.