Moorhead and St. Michael-Albertville are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2016, but not for long. The Moorhead Spuds will challenge the St. Michael-Albertville Knights at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Moorhead knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine games -- so hopefully St. Michael-Albertville likes a good challenge.
Moorhead is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest win since January 11, 2024 on Saturday. Couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 84-48 stomp they got against Shanley.
Meanwhile, St. Michael-Albertville took their contest on Thursday with ease, bagging a 79-50 victory over Becker. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 172nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Moorhead is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.5 points per game. As for St. Michael-Albertville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-1.
Moorhead came up short against St. Michael-Albertville in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 81-68. Can Moorhead avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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