Skyline and Shelley are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Skyline Grizzlies will challenge the Shelley Russets at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Skyline is headed into the matchup having just suffered their closest loss since January 10, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Bonneville by a score of 48-45. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Idaho basketball rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Bees are ranked 39th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shelley). They came out on top against Idaho Falls by a score of 62-50 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Russets.
Shelley's victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-6. As for Skyline, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-7.
Skyline came up short against Shelley in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 79-70. Can Skyline avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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