Cass Lake-Bena was the 83-72 winner over Mountain Iron-Buhl when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Cass Lake-Bena Panthers fell to the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers 68-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (58), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Tj Duchamp was his usual excellent self, going 8 of 20 en route to 30 points and seven assists for Mountain Iron-Buhl. The contest was Duchamp's eighth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Chris King, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
Cass Lake-Bena now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Mountain Iron-Buhl, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 7-1.
Cass Lake-Bena and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa will face off at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. As for Mountain Iron-Buhl, they won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Hillcrest Lutheran Academy at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Mountain Iron-Buhl's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last seven games.
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