The William Smith Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Manual Thunderbolts at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. William Smith has now lost nine straight, leaving the team is hunting for their first win since December 12.
Last Friday, William Smith was beaten by DSST: Green Valley Ranch 109-34. While losing is never fun, William Smith can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 337th, while DSST: Green Valley Ranch is ranked 58th).
Franciso "Pancho" Ortiz put forth a good effort for the losing side as he scored 22 points.
Meanwhile, Manual pushed their score all the way to 61 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 81-61 walloping at the hands of Peak to Peak. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (56), Manual still had to take the loss.
Loss or not, Manual got some senior leadership from Deshawn Fox and Marquell Marquez. Fox scored 23 points along with six rebounds, while Marquez. scored 16 points along with three steals and two blocks. Another player making a difference was Jovan Collins-Falcon, who scored 11 points.
William Smith dropped their record down to 1-10 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Manual, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-6 record this season.
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