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The Fossil Ridge (Fort Collins, CO) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Air Academy (US Air Force Academy, CO) in overtime by a score of 74-70.

Game Details: At Chaparral

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Air Academy	16	16	17	14	7	70
Fossil Ridge	25	21	13	4	11	74

Final score provided by M. Johannsen.

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Fossil Ridge (23-24)

Air Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	70	26	58	45	55
2	Steven McGough (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	Max Howery (Sr)	34	15	20	75	85
5	Noah Hellem (Sr)	23	7	20	35	48
10	Sam Brennan (Jr)	1	0	3	0	0
11	Tommy Tygart (Jr)	6	2	8	25	38
22	Brody Winnett (So)	3	1	3	33	50
25	Mekhi Willams (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
30	Brad Wieker (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0

Fossil Ridge

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	74	26	57	46	54
1	Walker Shields (Jr)	9	4	6	67	75
3	Eli Nutting (Sr)	11	3	11	27	32
5	Michael Hadad (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
10	Cayden Clagett (Jr)	13	5	8	63	81
11	Carter Gray (So)	15	5	13	38	54
13	J. Planansky (Sr)	7	3	8	38	38
24	Donovan Banek (Jr)	8	3	6	50	50
33	Eli Hughes (So)	9	2	4	50	50

Air Academy

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	70	12	32	38	6	11	55	14	26	54
2	Steven McGough (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Max Howery (Sr)	34	4	4	100	0	2	0	11	16	69
5	Noah Hellem (Sr)	23	5	13	38	4	5	80	2	7	29
10	Sam Brennan (Jr)	1	0	3	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
11	Tommy Tygart (Jr)	6	2	8	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Brody Winnett (So)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Mekhi Willams (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
30	Brad Wieker (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	1	0

Fossil Ridge

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	74	9	23	39	13	14	93	17	34	50
1	Walker Shields (Jr)	9	1	3	33	0	0	0	3	3	100
3	Eli Nutting (Sr)	11	1	6	17	4	4	100	2	5	40
5	Michael Hadad (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
10	Cayden Clagett (Jr)	13	3	6	50	0	0	0	2	2	100
11	Carter Gray (So)	15	4	7	57	1	1	100	1	6	17
13	J. Planansky (Sr)	7	0	0	0	1	1	100	3	8	38
24	Donovan Banek (Jr)	8	0	1	0	2	2	100	3	5	60
33	Eli Hughes (So)	9	0	0	0	5	6	83	2	4	50

Air Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	70	7	17	24	9	4	4
2	Steven McGough (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
3	Max Howery (Sr)	34	0	4	4	5	3	2
5	Noah Hellem (Sr)	23	3	3	6	1	0	0
10	Sam Brennan (Jr)	1	0	2	2	2	0	0
11	Tommy Tygart (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	1	1
22	Brody Winnett (So)	3	2	3	5	0	0	0
24	Turner Grow (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
25	Mekhi Willams (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Brad Wieker (Sr)	1	2	2	4	1	0	1

Fossil Ridge

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	74	9	23	32	17	2	5	9	11
1	Walker Shields (Jr)	9	1	5	6	4	0	0	5	2
3	Eli Nutting (Sr)	11	3	12	15	8	0	2	0	0
5	Michael Hadad (Sr)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
10	Cayden Clagett (Jr)	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
11	Carter Gray (So)	15	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1
13	J. Planansky (Sr)	7	3	1	4	0	1	0	0	2
24	Donovan Banek (Jr)	8	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	1
33	Eli Hughes (So)	9	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	3

Air Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.25	1.00	1	11
2	Steven McGough (Sr)	0.00	0.00	1	1
3	Max Howery (Sr)	2.50	1.50	0	5
5	Noah Hellem (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0	2
10	Sam Brennan (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0	1
11	Tommy Tygart (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0	0
30	Brad Wieker (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0	2

Fossil Ridge

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.89	0.22	0.18	0.46	4
1	Walker Shields (Jr)	0.80	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
3	Eli Nutting (Sr)	8.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	2
5	Michael Hadad (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
11	Carter Gray (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
13	J. Planansky (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1
24	Donovan Banek (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0
33	Eli Hughes (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	0

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Colorado High School Basketball - Fossil Ridge edges Air Academy

December 9, 2023: US Air Force Academy, CO 80840

The Fossil Ridge Sabercats (Fort Collins, CO) basketball nipped the host Air Academy Kadets (US Air Force Academy, CO), 74-70 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Sabercats (5-1) will now prepare for their test against St. Mary's (Phoenix, AZ). The Knights go into the non-league test with a 1-4 record. In their last test, St. Mary's was tipped by Perry (Gilbert, AZ), 83-69, in a non-league test.

The Kadets now own a 2-4 record. They play next when they host Douglas County for a non-league test on Tuesday, December 12. Air Academy will encounter a Huskies squad coming off a 57-55 non-league win over Legacy (Broomfield, CO). The Huskies record now stands at 4-2.

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Rankings & Records

Air Academy (23-24)

CO	Class
120	24

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
7-16	4-6	2-7	3-6	2-3	.304	.400	1,239	1,404

Fossil Ridge (23-24)

CO	Class
54	21

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-8	11-4	9-1	5-6	2-1	.667	.733	1,387	1,215

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Air Academy	13.6	13.9	13.6	12.7	7.0	53.9
Fossil Ridge	15.3	13.8	15.3	13.0	11.0	57.8

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Team Stat Comparison

Air Academy		Fossil Ridge
54.0	Points Per Game	57.5
23.0	Rebounds Per Game	27.8
7.7	Assists Per Game	11.9
7.2	Steals Per Game	7.9
1.6	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Air Academy		Fossil Ridge	National Avg.
#5 Noah Hellem21.3	Points Per Game	#3 Eli Nutting12.7	4.9
#3 Max Howery5.1	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Eli Nutting7.5	2.6
#3 Max Howery3.7	Assists Per Game	#3 Eli Nutting2.8	1.0
#3 Max Howery2.9	Steals Per Game	#22 Sean Purvis2.0	0.8
#10 Sam Brennan0.5	Blocks Per Game	#33 Eli Hughes0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Air Academy	1-0		Fossil Ridge	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/23	Rocky Mountain	Air Academy	(W) 56-52		2/9/24	Fossil Ridge	Rocky Mountain	(L) 47-45

Record Breakdown

Air Academy (23-24)		Fossil Ridge (23-24)
7-16	Overall	16-8
4-6	League	11-4
2-6	Non-League	0-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	0-1
2-7	Home	9-1
3-6	Away	5-6
2-3	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	0-1
7-16	In-State	16-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-2