Turtle Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were dealt a 102-71 defeat at the hands of the Westhope/Newburg Sioux. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Sunday (55), the Braves still had to take the loss.
It was another big night for Walker Braaten, who went 8 of 13 from beyond the arc on his way to 60 points along with eight rebounds and seven steals for Westhope/Newburg. Braaten's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Bailey, who went 5 of 9 en route to 15 points and eight assists.
Turtle Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Westhope/Newburg, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-1.
Turtle Mountain and Standing Rock will face off at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. As for Westhope/Newburg, they will head out to square off against Our Redeemer's Christian at 7:15 p.m. on January 10th.
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