The Lamar Thunder and the Fort Lupton Bluedevils will face off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Lamar is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Aspen just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 45-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Skiers. The contest marked the Thunder's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Alex Williams put forth a good effort for the losing side as he almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabrian Jacobs, who posted ten points and eight rebounds.
Even though they lost, Lamar smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Fort Lupton came up short against Sterling on Friday and fell 74-67. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (61), the Bluedevils still had to take the loss.
Having lost for the first time this season, Lamar fell to 4-1. As for Fort Lupton, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2.
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