Basketball Game Preview: Eaglecrest Raptors vs. Cherokee Trail Cougars

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Previous Games

02/05/25 - Away	66-47 W
02/09/24 - Home	65-50 W
01/24/24 - Away	65-57 W
01/25/23 - Home	65-52 W
02/04/22 - Home	47-33 W
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Eaglecrest has gone a perfect 10-0 against Cherokee Trail recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Eaglecrest Raptors will take on the Cherokee Trail Cougars in a tournament on Friday. One thing working in Eaglecrest's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 18 games.

Eaglecrest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Arapahoe, who was ranked 11th at the time (Eaglecrest was ranked second). Eaglecrest came out on top against Arapahoe by a score of 55-47 on Wednesday. The Raptors haven't had any issues with the Warriors recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.

Meanwhile, Cherokee Trail was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a hard 69-50 fall against Mullen.

Cherokee Trail's loss dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Eaglecrest, they pushed their record up to 18-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road.

Eaglecrest strolled past Cherokee Trail in their previous matchup last Wednesday by a score of 66-47. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Cherokee Trail's Jordan Mitchell, who went 8-for-16 en route to 21 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Eaglecrest still be able to contain Mitchell? There's only one way to find out.