The Palisade Bulldogs will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Frederick Golden Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Palisade will head into Saturday's matchup eager for some revenge after what happened against Roaring Fork: Palisade blew Roaring Fork out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Saturday Roaring Fork got their revenge. Palisade fell just short of Roaring Fork by a score of 61-59. The loss was the Bulldogs' first of the season.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Addie Ritterbush, who scored eight points along with 13 rebounds and five assists. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in offensive rebounds (five). Another player making a difference was Mady Bavor, who went 5 for 8 en route to 11 points plus six steals.
Even though they lost, Palisade smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 24 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in nine consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Frederick made easy work of Highland on Saturday and carried off a 60-35 victory. The Golden Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three contests by 25 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Zoe Wittler, who posted 20 points in addition to six rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Peiton Stone, who went 6 for 11 en route to 13 points plus five rebounds and two steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, Palisade fell to 2-1. As for Frederick, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Palisade has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 40.3 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Frederick struggles in that department as they've been averaging 33.8. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
Palisade ended up a good deal behind Frederick in their previous meeting back in February of 2018, losing 46-28. Thankfully for Palisade, Shea Chavez (who went 7 for 13 en route to 20 points plus six rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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