The Blackfoot Broncos and the Sugar-Salem Diggers will round out the year against one another at at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Blackfoot is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Idaho Falls by a score of 75-67 on Wednesday.
Blackfoot's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Bowen Bench led the charge by going 7 of 11 on his way to 17 points in addition to six assists and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Kasen Sorensen, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 boards.
Blackfoot smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in January.
Meanwhile, Sugar-Salem had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They snuck past the Russets with a 58-54 win. While the Diggers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Sugar-Salem's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Blackfoot, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
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