Palisade lost against Montrose back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Palisade Bulldogs fell to the Montrose Red Hawks 42-38. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the Red Hawks are ranked 31st).
| 01/14/25 @ Montrose | 5 |
| 01/30/24 @ Eagle Valley | 5 |
| 01/07/25 @ Delta | 4 |
| 12/21/24 vs Ponderosa | 4 |
| 12/19/24 vs Moffat County | 4 |
Hunter Howard and LJ Ballenger certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Howard posted 13 points and three steals, while Ballenger scored 12 points and five boards. That's the most rebounds Ballenger has posted since back in January of 2024.
Even though they lost, Palisade was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Montrose only racked up seven assists.
Montrose got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kaleb Ferguson out in front who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which Ferguson has scored at least a third of Montrose's points. Another player making a difference was Lane Pressler, who put up ten points and six rebounds.
Palisade has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-6 record this season. As for Montrose, their victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2.
Palisade will head out to take on Durango at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Palisade is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58 points per game this season. Montrose has already played their next match (against Grand Junction Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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