Basketball Recap: Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds vs. Creede Miners
Sangre de Cristo was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat dating back to last season. They fell to the Creede Miners 45-39. The Thunderbirds were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Miners apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in February.
Sangre de Cristo lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jaydra Cordova, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Taylor Freel, who had eight points.
Jasmin Laing continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Creede, almost dropping a double-double on 26 points and nine steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Laing has scored at least a third of Creede's points. Ava Anderson was another key player, going 7 for 11 en route to 15 points plus seven rebounds and five steals.
Sangre de Cristo's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Creede, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-3 record.
Sangre de Cristo has already played their next match (against Creede), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Creede, they will hit the road for the first time this season to square off against Lake City at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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