After flying high against Mesabi East last Thursday, Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] came back down to earth. The Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] Wolverines took a 70-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers on Tuesday. The game marked the Wolverines' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mountain Iron-Buhl to victory, but perhaps none more so than TJ DuChamp, who went 9 of 21 en route to 29 points. The contest was DuChamp's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris King, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Mountain Iron-Buhl, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] will take on Superior in a holiday battle at at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Superior likes a good challenge. Mountain Iron-Buhl and Hill City will compete for holiday cheer at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain Iron-Buhl is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 80.7 points per game this season.
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