In what's become a running theme this season, the Palmer Terrors gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They blew past Widefield 77-51. Given Palmer's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while Widefield is ranked 237th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Walker Asp, who scored 22 points along with five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayden Yunker, who scored eight points along with five assists and five rebounds.
Michael Davenport and Jayden Andrews certainly did their best on Wednesday to avoid the loss. Davenport dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Andrews scored 11 points along with six rebounds. Javon Williams-grady was another key contributor, scoring six points along with seven assists and three steals.
Even though they lost, Widefield smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. This was only their 11th loss (out of 13 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.
Palmer has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for Widefield, they dropped their record down to 3-17 with that defeat, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Palmer will take on Widefield at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Palmer's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 11 matches. As for Widefield, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Coronado at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Coronado focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up five on Wednesday.
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