It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the De Beque Dragons can now relate to. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 54-53 to the Mustangs. De Beque's loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Nucla found their leader in underclassman Brycen Rummel, who scored 14 points along with three steals. Rummel has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 14 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Dinsmore, who scored eight points along with six rebounds and two steals.
De Beque's defeat dropped their record down to 16-4. As for Nucla, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-7 record this season.
De Beque is on the road again on Friday and plays Cheraw at 6:00 p.m. on March 1st. Nucla will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Prairie at 7:00 p.m. on March 1st. Hopefully Nucla focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Saturday.
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