Bear Creek was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against the Arvada West Wildcats, falling 61-36. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 176th, while the Wildcats are ranked 25th).
Several Bears players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Alen Avdic, who posted ten points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Hegerle, who had seven points.
Leading Arvada West to victory were Mason Lusche and Noah Meurer. Lusche went 7-for-11 to rack up 19 points, while Meurer earned ten points along with six boards and four steals. The dominant performance gave Lusche a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Jordan Stremel, who put up six points in addition to five rebounds and four steals.
Bear Creek's loss dropped their record down to 6-14. As for Arvada West, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-5.
Bear Creek wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 56-53 win against Chatfield on the 13th. As for Arvada West, they will host Fairview at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Fairview has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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