Crested Butte is on an eight-game streak of home losses, and Antonito a 14-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The Crested Butte Titans will look to defend their home court against the Antonito Trojans at 5:00 p.m. Neither Crested Butte nor Antonito posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Last Saturday, Crested Butte lost to South Park on the road by a 33-14 margin. The Titans were down 29-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Crested Butte's defeat came about despite a quality game from Molly Miller, who posted six points and three steals. That was a full 42.9% of Crested Butte's points, marking the sixth time in a row Miller has put up more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, Antonito played a tough contest on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by Creede and fell 78-24. The Trojans were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 48-5.
Crested Butte will have to keep a close watch on Destanaya Quintana and Nakyla Naveres, a pair of players who had a big impact on Antonito's prior game. Quintana earned seven points and eight rebounds, while Naveres had six points and eight boards. The dominant performance gave Naveres a new career-high in boards.
Antonito's loss dropped their record down to 3-13. As for Crested Butte, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-16.
Crested Butte took a serious blow against Antonito when the teams last played back in December of 2017, falling 69-16. Thankfully for Crested Butte, Erykah Tallman (who dropped a double-double with 23 points and 27 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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