Even though the Smith Valley Bulldogs scored an imposing 58 points on Saturday, the Battle Mountain Longhorns still came out on top. Battle Mountain strolled past Smith Valley with points to spare, taking the game 72-58. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Battle Mountain.
Battle Mountain found their leader in underclassman Geovanni Ruvalcaba, who scored 33 points along with 3 steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Ruvalcaba has scored at least 25% of Battle Mountain's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brodie Smith, who scored 9 points along with 4 steals.
Battle Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Smith Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 6-1.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Eureka the next time they take the court. Battle Mountain will head out to face Eureka at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, while Smith Valley will host them at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
