On Friday, the Pinedale Wranglers faced the Mountain View Buffalos in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Pinedale fell just short of Mountain View by a score of 63-61. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat Pinedale has suffered yet this season.
Despite the loss, Pinedale had strong showings from Elyn Bowers, who scored 31 points along with seven rebounds, and Erica Wilson, who scored 23 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Wilson has scored all season.
Pinedale's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-3. As for Mountain View, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-1.
Pinedale will be playing in front of their home fans against Lander Valley at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in Wyoming (Lander Valley is ranked 17th, while Pinedale is ranked ninth). As for Mountain View, they will head out on the road to take on Lyman at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Lyman focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Friday.
