If Colfax was feeling good fresh off their 69-16 takedown of Wheatland last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Colfax Falcons were just a bucket shy of victory on Monday and fell 53-52 to the Lincoln Fighting Zebras. It was the first time this season that the Falcons let down their fans at home.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lincoln to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mason Volzer, who went 5 of 8 en route to 19 points and five steals. Those five steals gave Volzer a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jacob Butler, who posted eight points in addition to eight rebounds and eight blocks.
Colfax's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 12-5. As for Lincoln, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Colfax will venture away from home to square off against Marysville on Wednesday. Marysville knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Colfax likes a good challenge. As for Lincoln, they will welcome Bear River at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Lincoln is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.8 points per game this season.
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