Montrose and Fruita Monument are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Montrose Red Hawks will welcome the Fruita Monument Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Montrose sitting on four straight wins and Fruita Monument on three.
On Friday, Montrose was able to grind out a solid victory over Durango, taking the game 46-38.
Meanwhile, Fruita Monument strolled past Palisade with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 44-26. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 140th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Montrose pushed their record up to 14-2 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.8 points per game. As for Fruita Monument, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Montrose suffered a grim 53-33 defeat to Fruita Monument when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Can Montrose avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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