It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Granada Bobcats can now relate to. They fell 47-39 to the Cardinals on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Granada can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 252nd, while McClave is ranked 78th).
When it comes to explaining why Granada lost, one person who can't be blamed is Maddox Coleman. Despite the final result, he scored 19 points along with three steals. That was a full 48.7% of Granada's points, marking the eighth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jose Sanchez, who scored nine points.
Granada struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only four offensive rebounds. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as McClave pulled down 14 offensive rebounds.
McClave found their leader in underclassman Tuff Kelley, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 15 rebounds. Kelley hasn't dropped below nine rebounds for four straight games. Another player making a difference was Conner Forgue, who scored 13 points along with five rebounds.
Granada's loss dropped their record down to 7-14. As for McClave, the victory (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 16-4.
Granada's road trip will continue as they head out to face Eads at 4:20 p.m. on February 24th. Eads will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Granada surely won't give up without a fight. As for McClave, they will square off against Cheyenne Wells at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully McClave focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Thursday.
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