The Fairview Knights pushed their score all the way to 55 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 68-55 to Rocky Mountain. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Fairview in their matchups with Rocky Mountain: they've now lost five in a row.
When it comes to explaining why Fairview lost, one person who can't be blamed is Bella Chang. Despite the final result, she scored 20 points along with nine rebounds and two steals. Chang has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Remy Tolar, who scored five points along with eight rebounds and four steals.
Fairview's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-6. As for Rocky Mountain, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.
Fairview will head out on the road to face off against Poudre at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Poudre focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Saturday. Rocky Mountain won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Mullen at 1:00 p.m. on January 13th. Mullen is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 50.4 points per game.
