If Blackfoot was feeling good fresh off their 60-31 takedown of Burley last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Blackfoot Broncos were beaten by the Preston Indians 90-52 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Idaho basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Indians are ranked sixth).
| 12/14/24 @ Preston | 24 |
| 12/12/24 @ Burley | 13 |
| 12/10/24 @ Rigby | 15 |
| 12/06/24 vs Century | 13 |
| 12/04/24 @ Thunder Ridge | 15 |
Despite the loss, Blackfoot still got an impressive performance from Austin Arave, who went 8 of 18 on his way to 24 points. With that strong performance, Arave is now averaging an impressive 16 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Ledger Baldwin, who posted five points.
Blackfoot now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Preston, their win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Blackfoot will take on Idaho Falls in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Preston and Spring Creek will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Spring Creek knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Preston likes a good challenge.
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