The Grand Valley Cardinals put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They secured a 42-36 W over Roaring Fork. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Grand Valley also won the last time the pair played back in January.
Grand Valley was led to victory by Chloe Gronewoller and Jaycee Pittman. Gronewoller scored six points along with 12 rebounds and three steals, while Pittman scored 22 points along with six rebounds and three steals. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Pittman has scored at least a third of Grand Valley's points.
Despite the defeat, Roaring Fork had strong showings from Carly Crownhart, who scored 18 points along with seven steals, and Riley Bevington, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds. That was a full 50% of Roaring Fork's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Grand Valley's victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-0. As for Roaring Fork, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-6.
Grand Valley will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Aspen at 6:00 p.m. on February 20th. Grand Valley is facing Aspen at the right time seeing as Aspen is stuck on a 16-game losing streak. As for Roaring Fork, they will face off against North Fork at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Roaring Fork is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in Colorado (they are ranked 112th, while North Fork is ranked 246th).
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