The Lamar Thunder and the Rocky Ford Meloneers will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lamar is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Thursday. They blew past Mitchell 60-7. With the Thunder ahead 32-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Brooklyn Robbins had a dynamite game for Lamar, going 9 for 16 en route to 19 points plus six steals. The game was Robbins' third in a row with at least ten points. Chloe Weber was another key player, posting eight points in addition to four steals.
Lamar smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in nine consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Rocky Ford posted their biggest win since January 9th on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 46-16 victory over Arvada. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Meloneers.
Lamar was able to grind out a solid win over Rocky Ford in their previous matchup back in February, winning 43-30. Does Lamar have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rocky Ford turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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