Basketball Recap: Jacob Crippen's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Kiowa over Liberty Tree Academy

Kiowa played a tough game on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against the Liberty Tree Academy War Eagles, falling 51-31. The Indians just can't catch a break and have now endured three defeats in a row.

Jacob Crippen

Points (Career)

02/18/25 vs Liberty Tree Academy	12
02/11/25 vs Monument Academy	10
02/08/25 vs Genoa-Hugo/Karval	9
01/24/25 @ Cripple Creek-Victor	7
02/15/25 vs Briggsdale	6

Several Indians players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jacob Crippen, who posted 12 points. Those 12 points gave Crippen a new career-high.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Liberty Tree Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kaleb Mendez, who went 8-for-17 to rack up 19 points and three steals. Ryan Allen was another key player, going 5-for-8 en route to 12 points.

Kiowa's loss dropped their record down to 6-14. As for Liberty Tree Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-10 record this season.

Kiowa has already played their next contest (against Dolores Huerta Prep), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Liberty Tree Academy, they will be playing in front of their home fans against James Irwin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Liberty Tree Academy is facing James Irwin at the right time seeing as James Irwin is stuck on a five-game losing streak.