The Granada Bobcats and the Eads Eagles squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but sadly the Granada Bobcats had to settle for second. They took a 47-39 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles. While losing is never fun, Granada can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 256th, while Eads is ranked 123rd).
Granada's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Maddox Coleman, who scored 11 points along with seven rebounds and five steals. Coleman has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last three times he's played. Pedro Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Eads to victory, but perhaps none more so than Porter Spady, who scored 13 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Brentley Lening, who scored 12 points along with eight rebounds.
Granada has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season. As for Eads, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Granada's road trip will continue as they head out to face Belleview Christian at 5:00 p.m. on March 1st. One thing working in Belleview Christian's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 13 games. Eads will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Genoa-Hugo/Karval at 7:00 p.m. on March 1st. Genoa-Hugo/Karval has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.
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