Kent Denver took care of business in their home opener on Thursday (and then some). They claimed a resounding 98-54 victory over the Coal Ridge Titans. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Sun Devils had established a 43 point advantage.
Kent Denver was led to victory by Caleb Fay and Clay Tierney. Fay went 10 for 13 en route to 23 points plus three steals and two blocks, while Tierney went 6 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 20 points plus six assists and four steals. Fay's evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Gil Schayes, who earned nine points along with four steals.
Kent Denver was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Coal Ridge only racked up ten.
Coal Ridge lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Ben Simons, who almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. Simons has been hot recently, having posted nine or more rebounds the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Gio Ervin, who went 6 for 10 en route to 12 points plus five rebounds.
Kent Denver has already played their next contest, a 94-46 win against DSST: Green Valley Ranch on the 6th. As for Coal Ridge, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 68-54 victory against St. Mary's on the 6th.
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