There's no place like home for the Pine River-Backus Tigers, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road last Thursday. They snuck past Red Lake with a 84-80 victory on Friday. The win was all the more spectacular given Pine River-Backus' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 372nd, while Red Lake is ranked 156th).
Defeat or not, Red Lake got some senior leadership from Gerald Kingbird jr and Jack Brown. Kingbird jr scored 30 points along with five assists and five rebounds, while Brown. scored 28 points along with six assists. Kingbird jr hasn't dropped below 23 points for five straight games. Another player making a difference was Tyrone Beaulieu Jr, who scored six points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Pine River-Backus' win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-18. As for Red Lake, their defeat ended a eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-7.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Pine River-Backus will take on Nevis at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Nevis has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 2,178 points over their last 26 matches. As for Red Lake, they will be playing at home against Badger/Greenbush-Middle River at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Red Lake focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Friday.
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