Dolores lost against Dove Creek back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Dolores Bears fell 55-46 to the Dove Creek Bulldogs. The Bears have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Dolores lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Trayton Traweek, who posted 17 points and five rebounds. That was a full 37% of Dolores' points, marking the fourth time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points. Koby McClellan was another key player, putting up 14 points.
Sheldon Gardner went supernova for Dove Creek, dropping a double-double on 23 points and ten boards. That's the most points Gardner has posted since back in December of 2023. Another player making a difference was Liam Hassell, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.
Dolores' defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-10. As for Dove Creek, they pushed their record up to 8-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Dolores has already played their next contest (against Durango), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Dove Creek will face off against Nucla at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Nucla will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Dove Creek surely won't give up without a fight.
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