Basketball Recap: Eagle Mountain Takes a Loss

Eagle Mountain lost against Krum back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Eagle Mountain Knights had to suffer through a 60-31 loss at the hands of the Krum Bobcats. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 459th, while the Bobcats are ranked 187th).

Despite the loss, Eagle Mountain saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Avery Moses posted 15 points and six boards. That was a full 48.4% of Eagle Mountain's points, marking the 14th time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Parker Boaz, who had six points and six rebounds.

Even though they lost, Eagle Mountain smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive contests.

Eagle Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 15-13. As for Krum, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 19-9.

Eagle Mountain wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 59-37 win against Springtown on the 4th. As for Krum, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 86-58 victory against Bridgeport on the 4th.