The Mackay Miners just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Salmon Savages at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Mackay will be strutting in after a victory while Salmon will be coming in after a loss.
On Thursday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Mackay beat Watersprings 49-45. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Miners.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 66-36, which was the final score in Salmon's tilt against West Jefferson on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Savages in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost six in a row.
Mackay is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.4 points per game. As for Salmon, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9.
Mackay came up short against Salmon in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 62-58. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Salmon's Wyatt Pilkerton, who went 11 of 23 on his way to 26 points in addition to five assists and five rebounds. Now that Mackay knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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