The Fort Collins Lambkins just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Mountain Vista Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
On Friday, Fort Collins came up short against Fossil Ridge and fell 42-29. While losing is never fun, the Lambkins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 185th, while the SaberCats are ranked 30th).
Fort Collins' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Marcel Herrera, who posted 12 points and five boards, and Marcus Burkett, who put up four points.
Meanwhile, Mountain Vista beat Doherty 80-70 on Saturday.
Fort Collins better focus on containing Oliver Junker and Carlos Arocho as the pair were huge in Mountain Vista's win. Junker dropped a double-double on 19 points and 22 boards, while Arocho dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten boards. The dominant performance gave Arocho a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Hudson Rooney, who went 5 of 6 on his way to 10 points.
Fort Collins' defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-6. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.0 points per game. As for Mountain Vista, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Fort Collins has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 21.2 boards per game. However, it's not like Mountain Vista struggles in that department as they've been averaging 36.6 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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