The Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins but they left with three. They strolled past Moffat with points to spare, taking the game 50-36. That's another feather in the cap for Sangre de Cristo, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
It was another big night for Kaiden Smit, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 17 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Deagon Rogers, who scored 11 points along with five assists and two steals.
Moffat lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Tulasi McBride, who scored nine points. Noble Cole was another key contributor, scoring six points.
Sangre de Cristo's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5. As for Moffat, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-4.
Sangre de Cristo will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Lake City Community at 6:30 p.m. Sangre de Cristo is facing Lake City Community at the right time seeing as Lake City Community is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Moffat, they will be playing at home against Primero at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Moffat focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Saturday.
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