The Montrose Red Hawks will challenge the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Montrose is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50 points per game this season.
Last Thursday, Montrose earned a 52-44 victory over Grand Junction Central. Given the Red Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Warriors are ranked 256th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kaleb Ferguson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 21 points and 13 boards. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Montrose's points. Another player making a difference was Brody Cooling, who posted five points in addition to six rebounds and five assists.
Meanwhile, Montezuma-Cortez hadn't done well against Alamosa recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Everything went Montezuma-Cortez's way against Alamosa as Montezuma-Cortez made off with a 65-45 win.
Montrose is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.2 points per game. As for Montezuma-Cortez, their victory bumped their record up to 9-3.
Montrose took their win against Montezuma-Cortez in their previous matchup back in January of 2021 by a conclusive 64-43. Will Montrose repeat their success, or does Montezuma-Cortez have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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