Preview: Eagle Valley Devils vs. Fruita Monument Wildcats
After seven games on the road, Eagle Valley is heading back home. The Eagle Valley Devils and the Fruita Monument Wildcats will face off at 5:30 p.m. on December 19th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Saturday, everything went Eagle Valley's way against Middle Park as Eagle Valley made off with a 47-24 win.
Eagle Valley can attribute much of their success to Josie Fitzsimmons, who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds and six steals. Fitzsimmons set a new season high mark in assists with five. Zakia Shreeve was another key contributor, scoring 14 points.
Meanwhile, Fruita Monument got the win against Palisade on Saturday by a conclusive 50-29. The victory was just what Fruita Monument needed coming off of a 63-42 loss in their prior game.
The victory got Eagle Valley back to even at 4-4. As for Fruita Monument, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Eagle Valley was taken down by Fruita Monument 55-10 in their previous matchup back in November of 2018. Thankfully for Eagle Valley, Callie Allen (who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 11 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
