The Del Norte Tigers were the 62-45 winner over the Crested Butte Titans when they last played one another back in February of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Del Norte was dealt a 64-36 defeat at the hands of Crested Butte on Friday. While losing is never fun, Del Norte can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 271st, while Crested Butte is ranked 122nd).
Del Norte's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kelby Mondragon, who scored 14 points along with two steals. That was a full 38.9% of Del Norte's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Noah Bailey was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with six rebounds.
Weston Miller was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds for Crested Butte. Miller hasn't dropped below 16 points for 11 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Porter Donahue, who scored 14 points along with seven rebounds.
Del Norte are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-11. As for Crested Butte, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Del Norte will head out on the road to face off against Hoehne at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Hoehne focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 last Thursday. As for Crested Butte, they will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Gunnison at 7:00 p.m. Crested Butte is facing Gunnison at the right time seeing as Gunnison is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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