The Crested Butte Titans stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 64-36 win over Del Norte. Given Crested Butte's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while Del Norte is ranked 271st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Weston Miller, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds. He hasn't dropped below 16 points for 11 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Porter Donahue, who scored 14 points along with seven rebounds.
Del Norte lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kelby Mondragon, who scored 14 points along with two steals. That was a full 38.9% of Del Norte's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Noah Bailey was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with six rebounds.
Crested Butte has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Del Norte, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-11.
Crested Butte will be playing at home against Gunnison at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Crested Butte knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past three matchups -- so hopefully Gunnison likes a good challenge. As for Del Norte, they will head out on the road to take on Hoehne at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Hoehne focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 last Thursday.
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