The Hellgate Knights will venture away from home to take on the Capital Bruins at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hellgate knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully Capital likes a good challenge.
Hellgate is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Helena, who was ranked 18th at the time (Hellgate was ranked 24th). Hellgate slipped by Helena 67-66 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 57 points the game before, Capital was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They were dealt a 66-17 defeat at the hands of Sentinel. The game marked the Bruins' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Hellgate is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.3 points over those games. As for Capital, they dropped their record down to 7-7 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Hellgate came up short against Capital when the teams last played back in January, falling 47-42. Can Hellgate avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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