The Cedaredge Bruins are on the road again on Friday and plays the Roaring Fork Rams at 3:00 p.m. on February 23rd. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Cedaredge had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They took down the Cowboys 54-35. Cedaredge pushed the score to 42-19 by the end of the third, a deficit Gunnison cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Luke Maxey, who scored 31 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Cedaredge's points. Another player making a difference was Logan Tullis, who scored five points along with nine rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, Roaring Fork had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.3 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They blew past Olathe 73-38 on the road.
Roaring Fork got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Noel Richardson out in front who scored 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kiko Pena, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Cedaredge has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-11 record this season. As for Roaring Fork, the win got them back to even at 10-10.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: Cedaredge have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 31 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Roaring Fork struggles in that department as they've been averaging 27.8 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cedaredge beat Roaring Fork 58-46 in their previous matchup on February 2nd. Does Cedaredge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Roaring Fork turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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