In what's become a running theme this season, the Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They blew past Antonito 53-19 on the road. Winning may never get old, but Sangre de Cristo sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Sangre de Cristo was led to victory by Kolby Shellabarger and Kaiden Smit. Shellabarger scored 20 points along with seven rebounds and four steals, while Smit dropped a double-double on 21 points and 20 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Shellabarger has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Joshua Baker, who scored five points along with two steals.
Antonito lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Dylan Gray, who scored five points.
Sangre de Cristo has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Antonito, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-13.
Sangre de Cristo won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Swink at 3:30 p.m. on February 17th. The timing isn't great for Swink: they have been struggling with six straight losses at home, while Sangre de Cristo has snatched up three consecutive wins on the road. Antonito does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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