The Mile High Academy Mustangs fought the good fight in their overtime match against the Front Range Baptist Falcons on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 44-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Falcons. Mile High Academy has not had much luck with Front Range Baptist recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Despite the defeat, Mile High Academy saw an underclassman step up: Addie Dodds almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine steals. That was a full 57.5% of Mile High Academy's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Izzy Motano, who scored four points along with ten rebounds and two steals.
Front Range Baptist was led to victory by Katie Jaques and Libby Ciccone. Jaques scored 17 points along with seven rebounds and three steals, while Ciccone dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds. Ciccone hasn't dropped below two steals for five straight games.
Mile High Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Front Range Baptist, their win ended a eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 6-12.
Mile High Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Front Range Baptist, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Rocky Mountain Lutheran at 6:00 p.m. on February 13th. Hopefully Front Range Baptist focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 29 on Monday.
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