The Boise Brave and the Mountain View Mavericks will compete for holiday cheer at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Boise is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Eagle, who was ranked first at the time (Boise was ranked fifth). Boise fell just short of Eagle by a score of 59-56 on Saturday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Brave have suffered since February 16th.
Meanwhile, Mountain View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Kuna an easy 56-36 victory. The Mavericks were down 50-26 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Mountain View's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Boise, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-3.
Everything came up roses for Boise against Mountain View in their previous meeting back in January, as the squad secured a 73-26 win. In that match, Boise amassed a halftime lead of 50-15, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
