Basketball Recap: Rifle Bears vs. Basalt Longhorns
After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Palisade, Rifle was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They put the hurt on the Basalt Longhorns with a sharp 47-24 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bears also won the last time the pair played back in February.
Leading Rifle to victory were Sofiya Seeman and Avery Ward. Seeman went 5 for 11 en route to 16 points plus two steals, while Ward posted nine points plus seven steals. The dominant performance also gave Seeman a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (67%). Another player making a difference was Jayden Hills, who earned four points plus four steals.
Rifle's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Basalt, they are on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.
Rifle has already played their next matchup, a 51-27 defeat against Steamboat Springs on the 7th. As for Basalt, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 30-28 loss against Grand Valley on the 7th.
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