Basketball Recap: Trevor Kirklin Key Part of a Team Effort in Huskies Win

In Thursday's Canine Competition, Platte Canyon prevailed. They walked away with a 67-55 victory over the Arvada Bulldogs on Thursday. That's more bragging rights for the Huskies, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Platte Canyon's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Trevor Kirklin led the charge by going 11 of 17 en route to 22 points and four steals. Kirklin's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Tyler Tanner, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Platte Canyon was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Arvada only posted seven assists.

When it comes to explaining why Arvada lost, don't look at Deymian Than. Despite the final result, he posted 20 points and three steals. That was a full 36.4% of Arvada's points, marking the third time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Henderson, who put up 14 points and four steals.

Platte Canyon has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.8 points per game. As for Arvada, their loss was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-11.

Platte Canyon didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 74-59 defeat against Denver Christian on the 11th. As for Arvada, they will challenge Lake County at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Arvada is facing Lake County at the right time seeing as Lake County is stuck on a three-game losing streak.