The Denver Academy Mustangs's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Monday after their fourth straight loss. They received a tough blow as they fell 64-47 to Denver Jewish Day. While losing is never fun, Denver Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 285th, while Denver Jewish Day is ranked 101st).
Denver Academy's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Riley Allen, who scored eight points along with nine steals, and Nolan Monasch who scored 21 points along with five assists and five steals. That was a full 44.7% of Denver Academy's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Janssen, who scored eight points along with seven rebounds.
Even though they lost, Denver Academy were working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Denver Jewish Day got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Lev Friedman out in front who scored 18 points along with six steals. Solly Bielsky was another key contributor, scoring 21 points along with six rebounds.
Denver Academy has not been sharp recently as the team has lost seven of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-9 record this season. As for Denver Jewish Day, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-2.
Denver Academy won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Front Range Baptist at 7:00 p.m. on February 6th. Hopefully Front Range Baptist focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 last Friday. As for Denver Jewish Day, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Loveland Classical at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Averaging 70.67 points so far this season, Loveland Classical's high-powered offense has been in full-swing lately, so Denver Jewish Day better be ready for a challenge.
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