Basketball Recap: Basic Takes a Loss

Basic extended their losing streak to five on Friday, dropping them down to 1-10. They took a 78-60 bruising from the Durango Trailblazers. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Trailblazers are ranked 20th).

Jeremiah Combs

Points

12/26/25 vs Durango	17
12/20/25 vs Clovis West	15
12/12/25 @ Canyon Springs	19

Despite the loss, Basic still got an impressive performance from Jeremiah Combs, who went 7-for-9 en route to 17 points. The matchup was Combs' third in a row with at least 15 points. Kenny Williams was another key player, putting up ten points.

As for Durango, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.0 points over those games.

Leading Durango to victory were Marshal Outlaw-Harvey and Grayson Stringer. Outlaw-Harvey shot 73% from the field on his way to 21 points and three steals, while Stringer went 6-for-9 to rack up 14 points in addition to five boards and three steals. With that strong performance, Outlaw-Harvey is now averaging an impressive 15.4 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Hill, who posted eight points and eight rebounds.

Basic has already played their next game, a 63-55 victory against Churchill County on the 27th. As for Durango, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 70-66 defeat against Sunrise Mountain on the 27th.