Crested Butte hasn't had much luck against Cotopaxi recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Crested Butte Titans will head out to challenge the Cotopaxi Pirates at 2:30 p.m.
Crested Butte is headed into Saturday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Wednesday. They took a blow against Gunnison, falling 58-17. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Cowboys are ranked 117th).
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Cotopaxi against Manzanola on Friday as the team secured a 52-9 victory. The Pirates haven't had any issues with the Bobcats recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Cotopaxi's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-5. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 38.3 points. As for Crested Butte, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12.
Crested Butte came up short against Cotopaxi in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 39-30. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cotopaxi's Hayden Eggleston, who went 8-for-20 to rack up 21 points and six steals. Now that Crested Butte knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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