Cripple Creek-Victor has enjoyed a two-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Cotopaxi Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Cripple Creek-Victor focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Monday.
On Monday, Cripple Creek-Victor took a serious blow against Denver Academy, falling 77-47. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Cripple Creek-Victor in their matchups with Denver Academy: they've now lost four in a row.
Despite the loss, Cripple Creek-Victor had strong showings from Myles Durham, who scored 20 points along with eight rebounds, and Tony Woods, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and six blocks. Woods also posted two+ blocks for the first time this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Lohmeier, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Cotopaxi fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Lake County on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 64-62. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Friday (55), Cotopaxi still had to take the loss.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the most dominant came from Terrance Evans, who scored 19 points along with seven assists and three steals. Evans scored a full 30.6% of Cotopaxi's points, the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Joel Tezak, who scored 17 points along with nine rebounds.
Even though they lost, Cotopaxi were working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Cripple Creek-Victor now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Cotopaxi, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Keep an eye on the arc in Friday's contest: Cripple Creek-Victor have made nailing deep shots look easy this year this season, having only averaged 6 threes per game. However, it's not like Cotopaxi struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 4 threes per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cripple Creek-Victor might still be hurting after the 67-42 defeat they got from Cotopaxi when the teams last played last Friday. The matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Cripple Creek-Victor was down 45-19.
