Montana girls shine, Wyoming boys sweep All-Star series

One Wyoming team had no problems ending one — and starting its own.

The 2024 Midland Roundtable Montana-Wyoming All-Star Basketball Series ended Saturday with the Montana leg of the two-day doubleheader at Lockwood High School, and it ended with two sweeps by way of the Montana girls and Wyoming boys.

Montana’s girls all-star squad completed the weekend double over Wyoming — winning its 15th straight game in the series — by holding The Cowboy State to a tied record-low in points in Saturday’s opener.

And in the boys nightcap, Wyoming captured its first sweep in the series in 13 years by successfully shooing away a late comeback from the hosts.

Despite its two defeats this weekend, Montana’s boys still hold the all-time mark in the series by a wide margin (67-29). Meanwhile, Montana’s girls extended their own lengthy all-time lead (41-13) over their southern neighbors with their two victories.

Team Montana girls coach Wes Keller put his players through some defense-heavy drills during the team’s shootaround Saturday morning after it gave up more points than it liked in the Wyoming leg of the all-star series.

Big Sky Country locked in and shut down Wyoming from the opening tip, rolling to one of its most dominant wins of its now 15-game winning run going into 2025’s matchups next summer.

Wyoming’s 35 points scored were the joint-fewest it had ever put up in the series’ history, tying its low mark previously set in 2018. And you can bet that fact was a beaming point of pride for Team Montana postgame.