Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Overland walked away with it. Everything went their way against the Broomfield Eagles on Friday as they made off with a 74-53 win. This was a revenge game for the Trailblazers: when they faced off against the Eagles back in January, they had to take a 80-72 loss.
Siraaj Ali
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Overland had a senior duo take command as Siraaj Ali shot 58% from the field to rack up 16 points along with five assists and five boards and Tj Manuel went 7-for-9 en route to 18 points and eight assists. The match was Ali's third in a row with at least 16 points. Isreal Littleton was another key player, shooting 86% from the field on his way to 12 points and six rebounds.
Overland was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive contests.
Despite the loss, Broomfield still got an impressive performance from Grant Schmidt, who went 9-for-17 to rack up 20 points and five boards. The dominant performance gave Schmidt a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Ethan Zufall, who posted eight points.
Overland has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-13 record this season. Broomfield's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-8.
Overland wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, an 88-77 loss against Mountain Vista on the 4th. Broomfield does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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