The Manual Thunderbolts will challenge the Denver West Cowboys at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Manual is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 62-19 victory over KIPP Denver Collegiate. Winning may never get old, but the Thunderbolts sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Denver West's strategy against Englewood on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Denver West blew Englewood out of the water with a 47-15 final score. The Cowboys pushed the score to 37-10 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pirates had little chance of recovering from.
Manual better focus on containing Celeste Marquez and Shukri Hussein as the pair were huge in Denver West's win. Marquez posted 17 points along with five boards and four steals, while Hussein had four points in addition to nine rebounds and seven blocks. The dominant performance gave Hussein a new career-high in blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Samantha Morales, who put up seven points and five steals.
Denver West smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 26 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 13 offensive boards in six consecutive matches.
Manual's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 22.3 points per game. As for Denver West, their victory bumped their record up to 6-4.
Manual strolled past Denver West in their previous matchup back in January of 2024 by a score of 40-24. Will Manual repeat their success, or does Denver West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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