The Heritage Christian Eagles can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Thursday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 91-29 win over Gilpin County. Heritage Christian's offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Nolan Buehrlen went supernova for Heritage Christian, scoring 23 points along with two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Buehrlen has scored all season. Levi Hermsen was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on ten points and nine assists.
Gilpin County lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Lane Willis, who scored four points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Roland Keller, who scored nine points.
Gilpin County struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Heritage Christian racked up 24 assists.
The win made it two in a row for Heritage Christian and bumps their season record up to 11-2. As for Gilpin County, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-14.
Heritage Christian will head out on the road to challenge Holyoke at 1:00 a.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Heritage Christian's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last ten matchups. As for Gilpin County, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Union Colony Prep at 7:30 p.m. Gilpin County is coming into the matchup with 14 straight losses at home, meaning Union Colony Prep will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory.
