The Mancos Bluejays will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Mancos focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Saturday.
Mancos stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard. Everything went their way against Ridgway as Mancos made off with a 48-23 win. Given Mancos' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 117th, while Ridgway is ranked 245th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mancos found their leader in underclassman Claire Goodwin, who scored 23 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Goodwin has scored at least a third of Mancos' points. Quincy Montoya was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with six steals.
Meanwhile, Montezuma-Cortez suffered a rough 60-37 defeat at the hands of Pagosa Springs on Saturday.
Mancos' victory bumped their record up to 11-5. As for Montezuma-Cortez, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-8.
Mancos came out on top in a nail-biter against Montezuma-Cortez in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, sneaking past 54-52. Does Mancos have another victory up their sleeve, or will Montezuma-Cortez turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
