Battle Mountain is 1-9 against Incline since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The two teams will face off at 12:30 p.m. without much rest having both just played. Battle Mountain will be strutting in after a victory while Incline will be coming in after a loss.
Incline will be up against a hot Battle Mountain squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Battle Mountain came within four points of losing the streak, but they secured a 53-49 W against North Tahoe.
Meanwhile, Incline came up short against West Wendover on Friday and fell 65-56. While the Highlanders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Wolverines 11-7 in the first quarter.
Battle Mountain's win bumped their record up to 17-6. As for Incline, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-6.
Battle Mountain was taken down by Incline 65-34 in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Incline's Tommy Williams, who went 11 of 18 to rack up 28 points in addition to eight boards and seven steals. Now that Battle Mountain 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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