The Thornton Trojans are taking a road trip to square off against the Gateway Olympians at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Thornton will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Last Thursday, Thornton took their contest with ease, bagging a 70-37 victory over Adams City. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Eagles are ranked 300th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Gateway managed to keep up with Aurora Central until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Gateway came up short against Aurora Central, falling 79-53. The Olympians have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Thornton is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Gateway, their loss dropped their record down to 5-13.
Thornton beat Gateway 66-55 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Thornton since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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