The Miami-Yoder Buffaloes will head out on the road to challenge the Kiowa Indians at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Miami-Yoder has three straight victories, the Indians have four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Miami-Yoder gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Bethune as Miami-Yoder made off with a 49-25 win. Winning is a bit easier when you make eight more threes than your opponent, as Miami-Yoder did.
Miami-Yoder got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was James Orozco out in front who dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Orozco has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Cesar Beltran, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, Kiowa had to suffer through a rough 70-42 loss at the hands of the Eagles. Kiowa has not had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Miami-Yoder has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Kiowa, they dropped their record down to 2-9 with that loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Miami-Yoder didn't have too much breathing room in their game against the Indians when the teams last played back in February of 2023, but they still walked away with a 39-34 victory. Will Miami-Yoder repeat their success, or do the Indians have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
