Del Norte suffered their closest defeat since January 23, 2024 on Saturday. They fell just short of the Crested Butte Titans by a score of 37-34. The Tigers lost against the Titans in their previous head to head back in February of 2024, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 64-36 score last time.
| 02/01/25 vs Crested Butte | 11 |
| 01/21/25 vs Sangre de Cristo | 4 |
| 01/14/25 vs Trinidad | 4 |
| 01/09/25 @ Ignacio | 4 |
| 12/12/24 vs Fowler | 4 |
Several Tigers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Calvin Quintana, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 boards. Those 11 points gave Quintana a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Lashawn Trujillo, who posted six points in addition to ten rebounds and three blocks.
Even though they lost, Del Norte smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Del Norte's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-8. As for Crested Butte, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Del Norte has already played their next match (against Center), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Crested Butte will head out to square off against Telluride at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Crested Butte is facing Telluride at the right time seeing as Telluride is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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