The Swallows Charter Academy Spartans lost against the Las Animas Trojans back in February of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Swallows Charter Academy suffered a rough 47-23 loss at the hands of Las Animas. While losing is never fun, Swallows Charter Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 285th, while Las Animas is ranked 135th).
Despite the loss, Swallows Charter Academy still got an impressive performance from Faith DeRudder, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds. That was a full 43.5% of Swallows Charter Academy's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Las Animas found their leader in underclassman Jadann Eck, who scored 19 points along with seven steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Eck has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Netherton, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and two blocks.
This is the second loss in a row for Swallows Charter Academy and nudges their season record down to 3-14. As for Las Animas, their victory bumped their record up to 12-4.
Swallows Charter Academy won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Walsenburg at 6:30 p.m. on February 9th. Walsenburg comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 25 points in their last 13 games, a trend the team is of course eager to reverse. As for Las Animas, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Swink at 4:00 p.m. on February 9th. Las Animas' defense has only allowed 29 points per game this season, so Swink's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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