Basketball Game Recap: Union Cougars vs. Fruita Monument Wildcats
By Team Reports
Dec 4, 2023, 9:02am
Recap: Union Cougars vs. Fruita Monument Wildcats
The Union Cougars lost against the Fruita Monument Wildcats back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Union suffered a rough 48-24 loss at the hands of Fruita Monument. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Union in their matchups with Fruita Monument: they've now lost five in a row.
Fruita Monument can attribute much of their success to Addison Eyre, who scored 18 points along with 8 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Campbell, who scored 15 points along with 6 rebounds.
Union's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Fruita Monument, their victory bumped their record up to 1-0.
Union will face off against Manti at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Manti focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 25 on Friday. As for Fruita Monument, they will square off against Emery at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Emery will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
