In what's become a running theme this season, the Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. They blew past Lake City Community 52-12 at home. Winning may never get old, but Sangre de Cristo sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Sangre de Cristo was led to victory by Kolby Shellabarger and Deagon Rogers. Shellabarger scored four points along with eight rebounds and six assists, while Rogers scored 14 points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaron Mason, who scored four points along with six steals.
When it comes to explaining why Lake City Community lost, one person who can't be blamed is Silas Hartman. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on ten points and 15 rebounds. That was a full 83.3% of Lake City Community's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lake City Community struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Sangre de Cristo racked up 15 assists.
Sangre de Cristo pushed their record up to 12-5 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.3 points per game. As for Lake City Community, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-7.
Sangre de Cristo won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Antonito at 4:00 p.m. on February 16th. Sangre de Cristo will be up against Antonito's rather soft defense (which has allowed 57.67 points per game), so fans could be in store for a big offensive showing. Lake City Community does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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