Two dominant guards in Azariah Hurtado and Trey Hall are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Monte Vista Pirates will face off against the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Monte Vista is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Sargent 73-45 on Tuesday. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Farmers are ranked 264th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hurtado continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 12 steals. That makes it seven consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Monte Vista's points. Alex Marquez was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine steals.
Monte Vista was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Montezuma-Cortez challenged Ignacio on Tuesday. Montezuma-Cortez took down Ignacio 77-61. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Monte Vista has also been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.3 points per game. As for Montezuma-Cortez, their win bumped their record up to 11-4.
Things could have been worse for Monte Vista, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 66-51 loss to Montezuma-Cortez in their previous meeting back in February of 2020. Can Monte Vista avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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