Two dominant guards in Evan Larrick and Brian Ontiveros are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Wiley Panthers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Sierra Grande Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on March 1st. Hopefully Wiley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Tuesday.
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Wiley can now relate to. They had to suffer through a rough 42-14 loss at the hands of the Tigers. While losing is never fun, Wiley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 254th, while Cheyenne Wells is ranked 77th).
Despite the loss, Wiley had strong showings from Joshua Barraza, who scored three points, and Grant Mauch, who scored two points along with two blocks.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wiley struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only four offensive rebounds. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Cheyenne Wells pulled down 12 offensive rebounds.
Meanwhile, Sierra Grande was able to grind out a solid victory over Sangre de Cristo on Saturday, taking the game 50-42. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Sierra Grande.
Wiley's loss dropped their record down to 8-11. As for Sierra Grande, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season.
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