The Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Comets and the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers will round out the year against one another at at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Ada-Borup just ended the team's three-game winning streak last Friday. They took a 71-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Comets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Cougars are ranked 41st).
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Sean Berge, who went 8 for 16 on his way to 21 points and three steals. Zane Holmquist was another key player, putting up ten points and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Mountain Iron-Buhl came tearing into Friday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They snuck past the Panthers with a 68-63 victory.
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy better keep an eye on Tj Duchamp. He was instrumental in Mountain Iron-Buhl's win, going 8 of 20 on his way to 30 points and seven assists. The match was Duchamp's eighth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris King, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
Mountain Iron-Buhl's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 81.3 points per game. As for Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
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