The Overland Trailblazers pushed their score all the way to 71 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Broomfield 77-71. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Tuesday (65), Overland still had to take the loss.
Overland's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Aidan Perez, who scored 13 points along with 8 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Isreal Littleton, who scored 11 points along with 3 steals.
Broomfield's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Andrew Effland led the charge by scoring 18 points along with 3 steals. Kwinn Mitchell was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with 4 steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Overland and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Broomfield, their victory bumped their record up to 1-0.
Overland won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Aurora Central at 7:00 p.m. on December 1st. Allowing an average of 55 points per game, Aurora Central has struggled on the defensive end, but that doesn't have to be the case in this game. As for Broomfield, they will square off against Fruita Monument at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Fruita Monument focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Saturday.
