Basketball Recap: Eagle Valley Drops Highest Score of Season Against Summit

Devils

Team Score

01/28/25 @ Summit	90
12/10/24 vs Lake County	88
12/21/24 vs Moffat County	81
01/14/25 @ Grand Junction Central	80
01/11/25 vs Rifle	78

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eagle Valley). They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat the Summit Tigers 90-47. Given the Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Tigers are ranked 277th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Leading Eagle Valley to victory were Dylan Zoller and Brian Fontana. Zoller went 10 of 15 en route to 23 points, while Fontana went 6 for 10 on his way to 16 points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Hudson Braun, who went 5 for 7 on his way to 11 points and six rebounds.

Eagle Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Summit only posted four assists.

When it comes to explaining why Summit lost, don't look at Eduardo Gutierrez. Despite the final result, he went 12 of 30 en route to 29 points and six boards. That was a full 61.7% of Summit's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points.

Eagle Valley has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.9 points per game. As for Summit, their loss was their sixth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-14.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Eagle Valley will face off against Battle Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Eagle Valley is facing Battle Mountain at the right time seeing as Battle Mountain is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Summit, they will take on Glenwood Springs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Summit has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.