After flying high against the Battle Mountain Huskies last Monday, the Eagle Valley Devils came back down to earth. Eagle Valley suffered a rough 43-22 defeat at the hands of Glenwood Springs on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty 66 points in the game before, Eagle Valley couldn't push the score so high this time.
Despite the defeat, Eagle Valley had strong showings from Abby Talbot, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds, and Zakia Shreeve, who scored four points along with eight rebounds.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Eagle Valley struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Glenwood Springs racked up nine assists.
Chloe Davies went supernova for Glenwood Springs, scoring 18 points. It was the first time this season that Davies scored 15 or more points. Another player making a difference was Lyndsay Helms, who scored six points along with eight rebounds and three steals.
Eagle Valley has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-13 record this season. As for Glenwood Springs, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-12 record this season.
Eagle Valley will head out on the road to square off against Conifer at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Conifer is on a six-game streak of home losses, Eagle Valley a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. Glenwood Springs will take on Battle Mountain at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Battle Mountain focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 32 on Thursday.
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