Fort Collins was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They took a 66-51 bruising from the Windsor Wizards. 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 199th, while the Wizards are ranked 34th).
Finn Reiser
| 02/14/25 vs Windsor | 13 |
| 02/11/25 @ Highlands Ranch | 11 |
| 02/07/25 @ Loveland | 4 |
| 02/04/25 vs Fossil Ridge | 2 |
| 01/31/25 @ Rocky Mountain | 9 |
| + 14 more games |
Several Lambkins players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Finn Reiser, who went 5-for-8 en route to 13 points. Reiser continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Marcus Burkett, who posted ten points.
Even though they lost, Fort Collins was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matchups.
Madden Smiley continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Windsor, going 11-for-16 on his way to 28 points and four steals. That makes it six consecutive games in which Smiley has scored at least a third of Windsor's points. The team also got some help courtesy of John Backhaus, who went 7-for-9 to rack up 16 points and three steals.
Fort Collins' record is now 4-17. As for Windsor, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season.
Looking ahead, Fort Collins will head out to take on Greeley West at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Fort Collins is facing Greeley West at the right time seeing as Greeley West is stuck on a 16-game losing streak. As for Windsor, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Rocky Mountain at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Windsor has won 16 straight at home dating back to last season, while Rocky Mountain won three straight on the road), something that'll have to change.
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