Mountain Lake/Comfrey/Mountain Lake Christian will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Springfield Tigers at 7:45 p.m. on March 11th. One thing working in Mountain Lake/Comfrey/Mountain Lake Christian's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 11 matchups.
With a playoff game on the line, Mountain Lake/Comfrey/Mountain Lake Christian rose to the challenge on Thursday. They walked away with a 72-62 win over the. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Meanwhile, Springfield put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Alden-Conger 98-61 on the road. 98 seems to be a good number for Springfield as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Springfield got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Brayden Sturm out in front who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten assists. Sturm has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 14 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Vogel, who scored 22 points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Mountain Lake/Comfrey/Mountain Lake Christian's victory bumped their record up to 22-3. As for Springfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 19 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-8 record this season.
Everything went Mountain Lake/Comfrey/Mountain Lake Christian's way against Springfield in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 as Mountain Lake/Comfrey/Mountain Lake Christian made off with a 87-65 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Sturm, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mountain Lake/Comfrey/Mountain Lake Christian still be able to contain Sturm? There's only one way to find out.
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