Basketball Recap: Douglas Takes Down Ranked Buffalo

On Friday, Douglas faced Buffalo in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Douglas Bearcats were the clear victor by a 73-51 margin over the Buffalo Bison. The Bearcats pushed the score to 52-31 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bison had little chance of recovering from.

Brady Engling and Zayne Huber certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Engling went 7 for 17 en route to 17 points, while Huber posted 15 points. With that strong performance, Engling is now averaging an impressive 15.1 points per game. Another player making a difference was Konnor Rodriguez, who had six points.

Bearcats

Previous 3 Games

01/17/25 @ Buffalo	73-51
01/11/25 vs Pinedale	75-42
01/10/25 vs Mountain View	69-50

The victory was the third in a row for Douglas, bringing their record for this year to 5-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.3 points per game. As for Buffalo, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3.

Douglas has already played their next match (against Newcastle), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Buffalo didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 78-75 win against Rawlins on the 18th.