The Grand Junction Central Warriors were the 66-50 winner over the Eagle Valley Devils when they last played one another back in January of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Grand Junction Central lost to the Devils on the road by a decisive 62-48 margin on Saturday.
Despite the loss, Grand Junction Central still got an impressive performance from Jackson Amos, who scored 17 points along with two steals. Amos has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Asher Carter, who scored six points along with five rebounds and four steals.
Parker Newbanks continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Eagle Valley, scoring 17 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Kaden Kraft, who scored seven points along with three steals.
Grand Junction Central's defeat was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Eagle Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season.
Grand Junction Central will head out on the road to square off against the Red Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Montrose focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Friday. As for Eagle Valley, they will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Allowing an average of 52.9 points per game, Palisade has struggled on the defensive end, but that doesn't have to be the case in this contest.
