Denver North hasn't had much luck against Thomas Jefferson recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Denver North Vikings are taking a road trip to challenge the Thomas Jefferson Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Denver North is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Montbello: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Denver North blew Montbello out of the water with a 75-31 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 48-13.
Meanwhile, Thomas Jefferson waltzed into their contest on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They breezed by the Thunder to the tune of 71-34. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Thunder are ranked 328th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Denver North pushed their record up to 8-7 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.6 points. As for Thomas Jefferson, their victory bumped their record up to 10-4.
Things could have been worse for Denver North, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 66-47 loss to Thomas Jefferson in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Thomas Jefferson's Shane Curry, who went 11 of 18 en route to 25 points. Now that Denver North knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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