The Milaca Wolves will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Legacy Christian Academy Lions at 7:00 p.m. Milaca is out to stop a 12-game streak of losses at home.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 79-43, which was the final score in Milaca's tilt against Albany on Monday. While losing is never fun, Milaca can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 361st, while Albany is ranked 13th).
Despite their defeat, Milaca saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Samson Trigg, who scored nine points, was perhaps the best of all. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Berg, who scored five points.
Milaca struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only three offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, after a string of 15 wins, Legacy Christian Academy's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They were the victim of a rough 87-67 loss at the hands of St. Croix Lutheran. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Milaca's defeat dropped their record down to 4-21. As for Legacy Christian Academy, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 28-4.
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