Lightning
| 01/28/25 vs Longmont | 79 |
| 01/13/25 vs Skyline | 68 |
| 01/07/25 @ Mead | 65 |
| 12/11/24 vs Erie | 65 |
| 01/15/25 @ Fort Collins | 64 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Legacy). They breezed by the Longmont Trojans to the tune of 79-43 on Tuesday. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Lightning had established a 28 point advantage.
Jaedon Ward continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 10 of 15 from beyond the arc en route to 32 points. Those 32 points gave him a new career-high. Ari Harpring was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds.
Legacy was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Longmont's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was David Valles, who posted 11 points. Avery Amaya also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.
Legacy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points per game. As for Longmont, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Legacy has already played their next contest (against Erie), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Longmont will challenge Mead at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Mead's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last seven matchups.
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