Basketball Game Preview: Fruita Monument Wildcats vs. Rock Canyon Jaguars

A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Fruita Monument Wildcats take on the Rock Canyon Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday... Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Fruita Monument is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Heritage by a score of 80-72 on Saturday. The win was nothing new for the Wildcats as they're now sitting on four straight.

Jhett Wells and Daniel Thomason were among the main playmakers for Fruita Monument as the former went 8 of 16 en route to 27 points and the latter went 10 for 12 on his way to 23 points and three blocks. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Wells has scored at least a third of Fruita Monument's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Karson Weddle, who posted 11 points and five steals.

Meanwhile, Rock Canyon didn't have quite enough to beat Dakota Ridge on Wednesday and fell 63-60. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in December of 2024 (55), the Jaguars still had to take the loss.

Fruita Monument will need focus on slowing down Kasen Lehman, one of several Rock Canyon players who made an impact when they last played. He went 7 of 17 on his way to 20 points. Lehman is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last three games he's played. Jacob David was another key player, putting up ten points along with eight rebounds and four steals.

Fruita Monument's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Rock Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.