Poplar lost against Malta back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Poplar Indians took a 63-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Malta Mustangs. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Montana basketball rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Mustangs are ranked sixth).
Poplar dropped their record down to 6-8 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Malta, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-3.
Poplar has already played their next contest (against Wolf Point), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Malta, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 75-70 win against Harlem on the 15th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
