The Fort Morgan Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Skyline Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Fort Morgan comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Thursday, Fort Morgan had to suffer through a rough 77-40 loss at the hands of Riverdale Ridge. While losing is never fun, Fort Morgan can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 317th, while Riverdale Ridge is ranked 47th).
Meanwhile, Skyline pushed their score all the way to 63 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 64-63 to Mountain View. Skyline has not had much luck with Mountain View recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Fort Morgan's defeat was their tenth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 0-21. As for Skyline, their loss dropped their record down to 11-11.
Fort Morgan was dealt a bruising 85-54 loss at the hands of Skyline in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Skyline's Talan Starcevich, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. Now that Fort Morgan knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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