Basketball Preview: Nucla Mustangs vs. Vail Christian Saints
The Nucla Mustangs will head out to take on the Vail Christian Saints at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Nucla focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 14 on Saturday.
Nucla took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They strolled past La Veta with points to spare, taking the game 39-20. The Mustangs pushed the score to 37-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Redhawks cut but never quite recovered from.
Lantry Galley and Kendra McCluer were among the main playmakers for Nucla as the former dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds and the latter earned 11 points along with five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Viviana Zunich, who earned five points in addition to nine rebounds and three steals.
Nucla smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 19 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, a win for Vail Christian just wasn't in the cards on Saturday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Cedaredge 55-12. The Saints have struggled against the Bruins recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Nucla's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Vail Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
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