Caprock Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 61-52 to the De Beque Dragons. The Eagles were not able to make up for their defeat to the Dragons from their previous meeting back in January of 2024.
| 01/29/25 @ De Beque | 11 |
| 12/07/24 @ Twin Peaks Classical Academy | 10 |
| 12/06/24 vs Ascent Classical Academy | 9 |
| 12/14/24 vs Telluride | 9 |
| 01/18/25 @ Crested Butte | 8 |
Despite the loss, Caprock Academy saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Tristin Bird dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 rebounds. Those 11 boards gave Bird a new career-high. Ethan Holt was another key player, putting up ten points and five rebounds.
Even though they lost, Caprock Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Burke Largent continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for De Beque, dropping a double-double on 36 points and ten boards. That makes it four consecutive games in which Largent has scored at least a third of De Beque's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jace Graham, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 14 rebounds.
Caprock Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for De Beque, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-5.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Caprock Academy will square off against Ouray at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Caprock Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.5 points per game this season. De Beque has already played their next game (against Soroco), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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