The Gateway Olympians will face off against the Thornton Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gateway managed to keep up with Aurora Central until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Gateway came up short against Aurora Central, falling 79-53. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Olympians have suffered since January 9th.
Meanwhile, Thornton entered their tilt with Adams City on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They took their match with ease, bagging a 70-37 victory over the Eagles. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Eagles are ranked 300th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gateway has also been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-13 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.5 points per game. As for Thornton, they pushed their record up to 12-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Gateway came up short against Thornton when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 66-55. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Thornton's Clayton Jones, who dropped a double-double on 37 points and 16 rebounds. Now that Gateway knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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