The Ridgway Demons's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their seventh straight defeat. They were dealt a 68-41 loss at the hands of De Beque. Ridgway was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 36-16.
Several Demons players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jonathan Rytlewski, who scored 11 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Rytlewski has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last three times he's played. Henry Deppen was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds.
Leading De Beque to victory were Scottie Vines and Jace Graham. Vines dropped a double-double on 23 points and 12 rebounds, while Graham dropped a double-double on 18 points and 14 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Burke Largent, who scored 13 points along with six assists and five steals.
Ridgway's defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-11. As for De Beque, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
Ridgway will be playing in front of their home fans against Mancos at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Mancospresents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Ridgway in Colorado (Mancos is ranked 112th, while Ridgway is ranked 307th). As for De Beque, they will head out on the road to take on Hayden at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully De Beque focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Thursday.
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