Gunnison lost against Roaring Fork back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Gunnison Cowboys had to suffer through a 70-41 loss at the hands of the Roaring Fork Rams. While losing is never fun, the Cowboys can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while the Rams are ranked 116th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Roaring Fork to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kiko Pena, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 boards. The dominant performance also gave Pena a new career-high in field goal percentage (80%). Another player making a difference was Lucas Carballeira, who went 7 of 14 on his way to 18 points and eight rebounds.
Gunnison has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-10 record this season. As for Roaring Fork, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-5.
Coming up, Gunnison will face off against Crested Butte at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Roaring Fork, they will challenge Meeker at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Roaring Fork is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.1 points per game this season.
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