Basketball Recap: Wheat Ridge Takes a Loss

Wheat Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 15th straight defeat. They were outmatched by the Evergreen Cougars and fell 58-21. While losing is never fun, the Farmers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 318th, while the Cougars are ranked 131st).

Sky Copeland

Field Goal Percentage (Career)

01/29/25 vs Evergreen	75%
12/19/24 @ Northglenn	67%
12/11/23 @ Mitchell	60%
02/12/24 vs Conifer	50%
02/09/24 @ Bear Creek	50%

When it comes to explaining why Wheat Ridge lost, don't look at Sky Copeland. Despite the final result, she posted seven points and five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Copeland a new career-high in shooting accuracy (75%). Kailey Mason also deserves some recognition as she grabbed her first steal of the season.

Evergreen was led to victory by Elle Buenning and Taylor Bailey. Buenning went 8 for 13 to rack up 17 points along with six boards and five steals, while Bailey went 7 of 14 on her way to 18 points. Buenning is becoming a predictor of Evergreen's success: when she posts at least five steals the team is undefeated (and 4-10 when she doesn't). Lily Sullivan was another key player, putting up six points and seven rebounds.

Wheat Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 1-15. As for Evergreen, their victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 7-10.

Wheat Ridge didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 59-17 defeat against Centaurus on the 31st. As for Evergreen, they have also already played their next matchup, a 79-27 loss against Green Mountain on the 1st.