Tigers
| 02/07/25 @ James Irwin | 71 |
| 12/06/24 vs Swink | 66 |
| 12/13/24 vs Del Norte | 64 |
| 12/14/24 vs Swink | 62 |
| 01/28/25 @ St. Mary's | 59 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask La Junta). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the James Irwin Jaguars 71-37. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Tigers had established a 27 point advantage.
La Junta got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was DJ Brown out in front who went 6-for-9 en route to 16 points and four steals. The dominant performance gave Brown a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alfred Furtado, who went 6-for-12 to rack up 13 points and four steals.
La Junta was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in six consecutive matchups.
James Irwin lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Jonathan Kimble, who dropped a double-double with 11 points and 11 boards. He has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last four times he's played. Gustavo Solis also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steals of the season.
The win was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 5-11. As for James Irwin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-10.
La Junta has already played their next contest, a 75-33 loss against Banning Lewis Academy on the 13th. James Irwin has also already played their next game (against Village), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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