The Hill City/Northland Hill City/Northland will venture away from home to take on the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hill City/Northland will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Deer River, who they had gone 0-6 against in their six prior meetings. Hill City/Northland snuck past Deer River with a 50-46 victory last Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Mountain Iron-Buhl and Red Lake met for a duel on Tuesday where Mountain Iron-Buhl prevailed. Mountain Iron-Buhl took their game with ease, bagging a 93-8 win over Red Lake. The Rangers' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Mountain Iron-Buhl found their leader in sophomore Anna Neyens, who went 13 for 21 en route to 28 points plus two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Aniyah Thomas, who went 7 for 9 en route to 16 points plus five assists and three steals.
Mountain Iron-Buhl now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Hill City/Northland, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Hill City/Northland was taken down by Mountain Iron-Buhl 93-17 in their previous meeting back in February of 2021. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Hill City/Northland was down 93-17.
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