La Junta and Lamar are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2018, but not for long. The La Junta Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Lamar Thunder at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. La Junta is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
La Junta is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Village on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. La Junta lost 54-31 to Village. The contest marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lamar was able to grind out a solid victory over Buena Vista back in December of 2024, taking the game 52-39. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Thunder.
Lamar's win came from a few key players La Junta will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jacob Dunning, who went 7 of 16 on his way to 18 points and three steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Lamar's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Diego Estrada, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 13 points.
Lamar's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for La Junta, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Things could have been worse for La Junta, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 48-31 loss to Lamar in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lamar's Alex Williams, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 rebounds. Now that La Junta knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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