Brush lost against Highland back in January of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Brush Beetdiggers lost to the Highland Huskies on the road by a 68-54 margin. While losing is never fun, the Beetdiggers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Huskies are ranked 25th).
Alexander Aguilar Saucedo
| 02/18/25 @ Highland | 23 |
| 01/24/25 @ Wiggins | 16 |
| 02/07/25 vs Haxtun | 12 |
| 02/14/25 vs Platte Valley | 11 |
| 12/19/24 @ Fort Morgan | 11 |
Alexander Aguilar Saucedo and Thatcher Queen certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Aguilar Saucedo went 9-for-14 to rack up 23 points, while Queen went 5-for-9 on his way to 15 points. Those 23 points gave Aguilar Saucedo a new career-high. Payson Poland was another key player, putting up six points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Highland to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sawyer Morgan, who dropped a double-double with 16 points and 20 rebounds. Morgan is becoming a predictor of Highland's success: when he posts at least ten boards the team is 14-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Brogan Palmer, who went 6-for-7 en route to 15 points along with five rebounds and three blocks.
Brush's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Highland, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 16-4.
Coming up, Brush will head out to face off against Weld Central at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Brush is facing Weld Central at the right time seeing as Weld Central is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Highland, they will square off against Strasburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Highland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.8 points per game this season.
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