Winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up eight more assists than your opponent, a fact the Las Animas Trojans proved on Friday. They breezed by La Veta at home to the tune of 60-17. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Las Animas.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Las Animas to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jadann Eck, who scored 18 points along with 5 rebounds and 3 steals. The matchup was Eck's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chanel LaBarge , who scored 10 points along with 5 assists and 4 steals.
Las Animas now has a winning record of 2-1. As for La Veta, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Las Animas' homestand continues as they prepare to take on South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] at 2:00 p.m. on December 9th. As for La Veta, they will head out on the road to face off against Manzanola at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
