The Green Mountain Rams will take on the Lutheran Lions on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Green Mountain sitting on six straight victories and Lutheran on eight.
Green Mountain is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Frederick by a score of 71-62. The Rams pushed the score to 59-39 by the end of the third, a deficit the Golden Eagles cut but never quite recovered from.
Simon Lunsford
| 02/28/25 vs Frederick | 27 |
| 02/19/25 @ Wheat Ridge | 18 |
| 02/13/25 @ Golden | 16 |
| 02/11/25 @ Conifer | 21 |
| 02/07/25 vs D'Evelyn | 16 |
| 02/05/25 @ Littleton | 17 |
Green Mountain can attribute much of their success to Simon Lunsford, who shot 56% from the field on his way to 27 points and five rebounds, and Jake Swanson, who dropped a double-double with 18 points and 12 boards. Lunsford's big performance that evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Ben Swanson was another key player, going 5-for-10 to rack up 10 points and seven rebounds.
Green Mountain was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They are 14-4 when they've passed the ball that well.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Lutheran beat Golden 65-59 on Friday. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Demons are ranked 119th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lutheran pushed their record up to 21-3 with the win, which was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.4 points over those games. As for Green Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to 15-9.
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