The Meeker Cowboys and the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly the Meeker Cowboys had to settle for second. They took a 70-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers. The final score was a far cry from the score of their previous head-to-head, which saw the teams combine for 51 points.
Meeker lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Ellie Hossack, who scored 18 points along with five steals. Hossack has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last five times she's played. Ainsley Selle was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with six rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Montezuma-Cortez to victory, but perhaps none more so than Savannah Haselroth, who scored 22 points along with two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Haselroth has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Markylla Jones, who scored 17 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Meeker and nudges their season record down to 10-11. As for Montezuma-Cortez, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season.
Meeker does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Montezuma-Cortez, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Yuma at 1:00 p.m. on March 2nd. Hopefully Yuma focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Friday.
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