Denver South is on a three-game streak of home losses, Denver East a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Saturday. The Denver South Ravens will welcome the Denver East Angels at 12:00 p.m. Denver South is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 67.5 points per game this season.
Denver South is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Rangeview, who was ranked first at the time (Denver South was ranked 23rd). Denver South took a 50-42 hit to the loss column at the hands of Rangeview on Tuesday. The matchup marked the Ravens' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
| 02/04/25 @ Rangeview | 5 |
| 01/31/25 vs Vista PEAK Prep | 2 |
| 01/29/25 @ George Washington | 3 |
| 01/24/25 vs Northfield | 7 |
| 01/22/25 @ Denver East | 4 |
Despite the defeat, Denver South got top-tier performance from Dominic Rhoades-Martinez, who posted 22 points along with six boards and five steals. Rhoades-Martinez is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last five games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Davis, who had nine points.
Meanwhile, Denver East didn't have quite enough to beat Vista PEAK Prep on Tuesday and fell 59-57.
Denver South will have to keep a close watch on JAMES MURRAY and NIJIER ALEXANDER, a pair of players who had a big impact on Denver East's prior game. MURRAY dropped a double-double on 13 points and 11 rebounds, while ALEXANDER went 8 for 14 en route to 16 points and four steals. Those four steals gave ALEXANDER a new career-high. LINCOLN LEMIEUX was another key player, putting up eight points in addition to six boards and four blocks.
Even though they lost, Denver East smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in three consecutive contests.
Denver South's loss dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Denver East, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Denver South hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 67.5 points per game. However, it's not like Denver East struggles in that department as they've been averaging 62.1 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Denver South was able to grind out a solid win over Denver East in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 66-55. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was MURRAY, who went 7 of 11 on his way to 24 points and seven rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Denver South still be able to contain MURRAY? There's only one way to find out.
