The Fort Collins Lambkins had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They escaped with a win against Poudre by the margin of a single free throw, 45-44. Given Fort Collins' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 57th, while Poudre is ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Fort Collins to victory were Jayce King and Jackson Folkestad. King scored 19 points, while Folkestad dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which King has scored at least a third of Fort Collins' points.
Poudre's loss came despite strong showings from Pierce Decker and Luke Foster. Decker dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds, while Foster dropped a double-double on 16 points and 14 rebounds. Foster is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last eight games he's played.
Fort Collins is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Poudre, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-16.
Fort Collins won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Fairview at 12:30 p.m. on February 10th. Hopefully Fort Collins focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up six on Friday. As for Poudre, they will head out on the road to take on Horizon at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Horizon focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Friday.
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