Bradshaw Mountain came up into this matchup off a tough 38-point defeat on Thursday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of the Flagstaff Eagles by a score of 52-49 on Friday. The match was a 22-22 toss-up at halftime, but the Bears couldn't quite close it out.
When it comes to explaining why Bradshaw Mountain lost, don't look at Cam Ranniker. Despite the final result, he went 7 for 12 en route to 20 points and three steals. Another player making a difference was Preston Ranniker, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 10 points.
Conrad Poer was a one-man wrecking crew for Flagstaff as he went 6 for 14 en route to 16 points in addition to eight boards and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Carlson, who posted 13 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Bradshaw Mountain and nudges their season record down to 15-10. As for Flagstaff, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-11.
Bradshaw Mountain is taking a road trip to square off against Mohave at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mohave has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. Flagstaff has already played their next game (against Prescott), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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