The Village Mountaineers will take on the Gateway Olympians at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Village has four straight victories, Gateway has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Village is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 60-44 win over Mitchell on Thursday.
01/16/25 vs Mitchell | 40 |
01/14/25 @ Pueblo Centennial | 17 |
01/11/25 @ La Junta | 17 |
01/08/25 vs Conifer | 19 |
01/06/25 @ Liberty | 19 |
12/20/24 vs Lincoln | 15 |
It was another big night for Carter Sterk, who went 15 for 21 on his way to 40 points and five boards. His evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Nau, who posted six points.
Village smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Gateway ended up a good deal behind Aurora Central on Thursday and lost 67-51.
Gateway's defeat dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Village, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-6 record this season.
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