Canon City lost against Palmer back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Canon City Tigers took a 55-41 bruising from the Palmer Terrors. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 206th, while the Terrors are ranked 75th).
Several Tigers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Eric Chavez, who went 5 for 8 en route to 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Mullin-Betts, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 11 points and three steals.
Emmanuel Gonzalez was nothing short of spectacular for Palmer: he went 9 for 17 en route to 26 points. Gonzalez is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Ayden Yunker was another key player, putting up six points and five boards.
Canon City has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-12 record this season. As for Palmer, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-7.
Canon City has already played their next match, a 69-50 win against Coronado on the 31st. As for Palmer, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 58-34 victory against Widefield on the 31st.
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