Basketball Recap: Summit Takes a Loss

Summit lost against Eagle Valley back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Summit Tigers fell 88-76 to the Eagle Valley Devils. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 257th, while the Devils are ranked 90th).

Eduardo Gutierrez

Points

02/13/25 @ Eagle Valley	43
02/08/25 vs Moffat County	38
02/06/25 @ Battle Mountain	18

Despite the loss, Summit still got an impressive performance from Eduardo Gutierrez, who dropped a double-double with 43 points and 12 rebounds. The matchup was Gutierrez's third in a row with at least 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Comcowich, who posted 12 points.

Dylan Zoller was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double with 34 points and nine boards for Eagle Valley. The dominant performance gave Zoller a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Brian Fontana, who had 13 points in addition to eight rebounds and four steals.

Summit has been struggling recently as they've lost 13 of their last 15 contests, which has put a noticeable dent in their 3-17 record this season. Their recent woes sure aren't a result of their performance when it comes to assists: they averaged an imposing 9.53 assists in those games compared to only 9.53 in the others. As for Eagle Valley, their win bumped their record up to 14-6.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Summit will welcome Battle Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Eagle Valley, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Glenwood Springs at 7:00 p.m. Eagle Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.2 points per game this season.