On Friday, the Blackfoot Broncos came up short against the Sugar-Salem Diggers and fell 53-46.
Despite the loss, Blackfoot had strong showings from Bowen Bench, who posted 11 points and three steals, and Lawrence Cousineau, who earned ten points and six rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Arave, who put up 14 points.
Blackfoot now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Sugar-Salem, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Blackfoot will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Hillcrest at 7:00 p.m. on January 7th. Hillcrest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.1 points per game this season. As for Sugar-Salem, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 40-38 victory against Ogden on the 2nd.
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