It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pine Creek can now relate to. They fell 82-75 to the Loveland Red Wolves on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (63), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Kyler Chatman
| 02/25/25 vs Loveland | 25 |
| 02/20/25 @ Doherty | 18 |
| 02/18/25 @ Rampart | 10 |
| 02/14/25 vs Vista Ridge | 12 |
| 02/12/25 vs Pueblo West | 9 |
| + 24 more games |
Pine Creek lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Kyler Chatman, who shot 45% from the field to rack up 25 points and six rebounds. That's the most points he has posted since back in February of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Wright, who went 8-for-14 en route to 22 points.
Loveland got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Zayne Desouza out in front who shot 9-for-13 from deep and dropped a double-double with 34 points and ten boards. Desouza's big performance that evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Mason Morris was another key player, dropping a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Pine Creek and nudges their season record down to 12-12. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points over those games. As for Loveland, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Pine Creek does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Loveland, they have already played their next contest, an 81-47 loss against Mountain Vista on the 28th.
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