Basketball Game Recap: Dolores Bears vs. Mancos Bluejays

By Team Reports Feb 20, 2024, 12:51pm

Recap: Dolores Bears vs. Mancos Bluejays

The Dolores Bears's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their third straight loss. They had to suffer through a rough 70-13 loss at the hands of Mancos. Dolores was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 39-7.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Dolores struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They are 1-6 when they just don't pass the ball.

Mancos found their leader in underclassman Claire Goodwin, who went 11 for 19 from beyond the arc en route to 45 points and 3 assists. That makes it five consecutive games in which Goodwin has scored at least a third of Mancos' points. Another player making a difference was Quincy Montoya, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 steals.

Dolores' defeat was their sixth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-16. As for Mancos, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-5.

Dolores will square off against Ridgway at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Dolores focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 44 on Friday. As for Mancos, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Telluride at 1:00 p.m. on February 17th. Mancos is facing Telluride at the right time seeing as Telluride is stuck on a eight-game losing streak.

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