After flying high against Banner County on Monday, Creek Valley came back down to earth. The Creek Valley Storm took a 49-39 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Caliche Buffaloes on Tuesday.
When it comes to explaining why Creek Valley lost, don't look at Lane Brenneman. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double on 24 points and nine boards. That was a full 61.5% of Creek Valley's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points.
Leading Caliche to victory were Avery Bell and Mason Hernandez. Bell dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds, while Hernandez went 5 for 11 en route to 16 points in addition to six assists and three steals. Bell has been hot, having posted ten or more boards the last eight times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Amman Adolf, who scored six points along with nine rebounds and three steals.
Creek Valley's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Caliche, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-8.
Creek Valley will challenge Leyton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Caliche, they will square off against Holyoke at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Caliche is facing Holyoke at the right time seeing as Holyoke is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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