The Moffat Cowboys lost against the West Grand Mustangs back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Moffat was beaten by West Grand 57-15. While losing is never fun, Moffat can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 268th, while West Grand is ranked 132nd).
Despite the loss, Moffat still got an impressive performance from Paige Hammel, who scored 12 points along with 7 rebounds and 5 steals. Hammel scored a full 80% of Moffat's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
West Grand's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sage Wheatley led the charge by scoring 15 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Wheatley has scored at least 25% of West Grand's points. Another player making a difference was Sara Lechman, who scored 2 points along with 8 rebounds and 3 steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Moffat and nudges their season record down to 0-2-1. As for West Grand, their win bumped their record up to 1-2.
Moffat will head out on the road to face off against South Park at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. As for West Grand, they will take on Mancos at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Mancos is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.
