The Bottineau Braves/Stars will head out to challenge the Turtle Mountain Braves at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Bottineau sitting on four straight wins and Turtle Mountain on five.
Bottineau is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Dunseith, posting an 85-39 victory. Given the Braves/Stars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Dragons are ranked 106th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Turtle Mountain was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past Nedrose 73-38. The Braves have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 21 points or more this season.
Turtle Mountain's win bumped their record up to 16-5. As for Bottineau, their victory bumped their record up to 16-3.
Everything came up roses for Bottineau against Turtle Mountain in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, as the team secured a 74-40 win. Will Bottineau repeat their success, or does Turtle Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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