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| 02/25/25 - Home | 70-61 W |
| 03/09/24 - Neutral | 70-67 W |
| 01/25/24 - Away | 64-56 W |
| 03/15/23 - Neutral | 73-86 L |
| 01/26/23 - Home | 88-60 W |
| + 5 more games |
Mountain Iron-Buhl and Deer River are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers will face off against the Deer River Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Mountain Iron-Buhl sitting on 12 straight wins and Deer River on three.
Last Saturday, Mountain Iron-Buhl was fully in charge, breezing past Ely 67-37. The Rangers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 matches by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Deer River didn't have too much trouble with South Ridge on Saturday as they won 86-67. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Panthers are ranked 250th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Deer River pushed their record up to 24-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.8 points. As for Mountain Iron-Buhl, their win bumped their record up to 25-4.
Mountain Iron-Buhl was able to grind out a solid victory over Deer River in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 70-61. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Iron-Buhl since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
