The Fertile-Beltrami Falcons are taking a road trip to challenge the Thompson Tommies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Fertile-Beltrami comes in on eight and Thompson on three.
Fertile-Beltrami is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Polk County West [Climax/Fisher], posting an 86-50 win. The Falcons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 22 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Thompson was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past Oak Grove Lutheran 85-52. Given the Tommies' advantage in MaxPreps' North Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Grovers are ranked 83rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Thompson's win came from a few key players Fertile-Beltrami will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Gavin Krogstad, who almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. His evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Karter Peterson, who went 7 of 10 en route to 18 points and six boards.
Thompson smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 13 offensive rebounds in three consecutive matchups.
Fertile-Beltrami's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-4. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.9 points per game. As for Thompson, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
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