Devils
| 01/16/25 vs Evergreen | 63-72 |
| 01/14/25 @ Grand Junction Central | 80-56 |
| 01/11/25 vs Rifle | 78-43 |
| 01/09/25 vs Palisade | 72-64 |
| 12/21/24 vs Moffat County | 81-68 |
If Eagle Valley was riding high fresh off their 80-56 takedown of Grand Junction Central last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Eagle Valley Devils took a 72-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Evergreen Cougars on Thursday. The Devils' defeat signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
Eagle Valley lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Dylan Zoller, who posted 24 points along with eight rebounds and three blocks. Zoller has been hot, having posted 15 or more points the last eight times he's played. Parker Newbanks was another key player, going 7 for 12 on his way to 19 points.
Even though they lost, Eagle Valley 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 11 consecutive contests.
Evergreen's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Rob Beldock led the charge by dropping a double-double on 21 points and 12 boards. The dominant performance gave Beldock a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Beeson, who earned 23 points.
Eagle Valley's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-3. As for Evergreen, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
Eagle Valley has already played their next game (against Lutheran), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Evergreen Cougars face off against the D'Evelyn Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Evergreen is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.6 points per game this season.
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