Douglas County has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Highlands Ranch Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Douglas County faced Mountain Vista in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Douglas County took a 75-71 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mountain Vista. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Anthony Nettles and Cal Baskind. Baskind had a great game and scored 18 points along with three steals and two blocks. Meanwhile, Nettles was balling out in the loss, scoring 20 points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Highlands Ranch pushed their score all the way to 62 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 88-62 walloping at the hands of Chaparral. While losing is never fun, Highlands Ranch can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 60th, while Chaparral is ranked third).
Douglas County has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 14-8 record this season. As for Highlands Ranch, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Douglas County lost to Highlands Ranch on the road by a decisive 73-56 margin in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. Can Douglas County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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