The Pine Bluffs Hornets will square off against the Burns Broncs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pine Bluffs has four straight victories, Burns has 14 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Pine Bluffs is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Lingle-Fort Laramie, who was ranked 16th at the time (Pine Bluffs was ranked 22nd). Pine Bluffs strolled past Lingle-Fort Laramie with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 60-45.
Meanwhile, Burns played a tough contest on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt an 86-14 loss at the hands of Douglas. The matchup marked the Broncs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Pine Bluffs is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.6 points per game. As for Burns, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15.
Pine Bluffs beat Burns 45-38 when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Does Pine Bluffs have another victory up their sleeve, or will Burns turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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