South Ridge lost against Mountain Iron-Buhl back in February of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The South Ridge Panthers lost 71-46 to the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 227th, while the Rangers are ranked 112th).
It was another big night for Chris King, who dropped a double-double with 29 points and ten rebounds for Mountain Iron-Buhl. King's evening made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Micaden Clines was another key player, going 7-for-10 to rack up 18 points and three steals.
South Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 14-8. As for Mountain Iron-Buhl, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-4.
Coming up, South Ridge will challenge Floodwood at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. As for Mountain Iron-Buhl, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 92-66 victory against Ely on the 18th.
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