Basketball Recap: Elk Creek Comes Up Short

The matchup between Elk Creek and Westwood on Tuesday hardly resembled the 2-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Elk Creek Elks were beaten by the Westwood Lumberjacks 89-43. The defeat leaves the Elks without a win on the season.

When it comes to explaining why Elk Creek lost, don't look at Kalal Montes. Despite the final result, he went 10 for 24 en route to 27 points and three steals. Kaleb Reagan was another key player, putting up ten points.

Elk Creek's loss dropped their record down to 0-12. As for Westwood, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-7.

Elk Creek will head out to face off against Dunsmuir at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Westwood, they will square off against Providence at 5:00 p.m. on January 28th.