Eads lost against Cheyenne Wells back in February of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Eads Eagles took a 51-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cheyenne Wells Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Tigers are ranked 107th).
Stockton Mitchek
| 02/14/25 @ Cheyenne Wells | 50% |
| 01/11/25 vs Evangel Christian Academy | 40% |
| 02/01/25 @ Kim/Branson | 33% |
| 02/03/24 @ Wiley | 33% |
| 01/20/24 @ Idalia | 33% |
Several Eagles players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Stockton Mitchek, who posted 19 points and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Mitchek a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (50%). Karsten Buller was another key player, putting up nine points.
Even though they lost, Eads smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in six consecutive matches.
Corey Hill was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double with 25 points and nine rebounds for Cheyenne Wells. Hill has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more boards the last 45 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Taegan Eiring, who had 11 points.
Eads has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six contests, which has put a noticeable dent in their 7-11 record this season. As for Cheyenne Wells, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 15-3.
Coming up, Eads will be playing in front of their home fans against Genoa-Hugo/Karval at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Cheyenne Wells, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 49-29 win against Swink on the 15th.
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