The Union Cougars lost against the Fruita Monument Wildcats back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Union suffered a rough 48-24 loss at the hands of Fruita Monument. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Union in their matchups with Fruita Monument: they've now lost five in a row.
Fruita Monument can attribute much of their success to Addison Eyre, who scored 18 points along with 8 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Campbell, who scored 15 points along with 6 rebounds.
Union's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Fruita Monument, their victory bumped their record up to 1-0.
Union will face off against Manti at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Manti focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 25 on Friday. As for Fruita Monument, they will square off against Emery at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Emery will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
