Winning is just a little bit easier when you outrebound your opponent 15 to 5 on the offensive boards, a fact the Longmont Trojans proved on Wednesday. They took down Silver Creek 46-30. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Longmont.
Leading Longmont to victory were Savannah Pohl and Kaila Patterson. Pohl scored 13 points along with eight rebounds and three steals, while Patterson scored 21 points along with three steals. Another player making a difference was Maya Pears, who scored four points along with 11 rebounds and three steals.
Despite the loss, Silver Creek still got an impressive performance from Lucy Waring, who scored nine points along with two steals. Waring continues to roll, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played.
Longmont's win bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Silver Creek, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-13 record this season.
Longmont will look to defend their home court on Friday against Centaurus at 5:30 p.m. Hopefully Centaurus focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Wednesday. As for Silver Creek, they will head out on the road to face off against Greeley West at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Greeley West is on a five-game streak of home losses, Silver Creek a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
