Fruita Monument has won three straight games at home, while Grand Junction has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Fruita Monument Wildcats duke it out with the Grand Junction Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Fruita Monument is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.7 points per game this season.
Fruita Monument is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Chaparral, who was ranked fifth at the time (Fruita Monument was ranked 25th). The match between Fruita Monument and Chaparral didn't end well, with Fruita Monument falling 66-52. The Wildcats' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Despite the defeat, Fruita Monument had strong showings from Jhett Wells, who went 9 for 20 on his way to 25 points and six rebounds, and Daniel Thomason, who went 7 of 15 on his way to 20 points and six boards. That was a full 48.1% of Fruita Monument's points, marking the ninth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Huskey, who had two points and five rebounds.
Even though they lost, Fruita Monument smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive boards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chaparral only pulled down eight offensive rebounds.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Grand Junction on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Moffat County out of the water with a 61-17 final score. The game marked the Tigers' most dominant win of the season so far.
Grand Junction's victory bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Fruita Monument, their loss dropped their record down to 9-4.
Fruita Monument was able to grind out a solid win over Grand Junction when the teams last played back in January of 2024, winning 43-30. Does Fruita Monument have another victory up their sleeve, or will Grand Junction turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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