The Harrison Panthers lost against the Canon City Tigers back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Harrison was dealt a 59-26 loss at the hands of Canon City. While losing is never fun, Harrison can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 287th, while Canon City is ranked 101st).
Harrison's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Monet Brown, who scored 12 points along with seven rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Brown has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Nyleen Brown, who scored three points along with 13 rebounds and two steals.
Leading Canon City to victory were Lorelai Murphy and Alexi Till. Murphy scored 15 points along with five steals, while Till scored 11 points along with seven rebounds and five steals. Till has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last nine times she's played. Another player making a difference was Olivia Ley, who scored five points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Harrison has been struggling recently as they've lost 13 of their last 14 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-17 record this season. As for Canon City, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-7.
Harrison won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Falcon at 11:30 p.m. on February 10th. Hopefully Falcon focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 last Thursday. As for Canon City, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Mesa Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Canon City is coming into the matchup with nine straight wins at home, so Mesa Ridge is out to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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