The Montrose Red Hawks waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins but they left with three. They had just enough and edged Grand Junction out 35-32. This was a revenge game for Montrose, as the team was forced to settle for a 40-38 defeat when these two played two weeks ago.
Montrose can attribute much of their success to Brekin Hutto, who scored 13 points. Kaleb Ferguson was another key contributor, scoring six points along with six rebounds.
Grand Junction lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Will Applegate, who scored six points. The team also got some help courtesy of Declan Lake, who scored seven points along with two steals.
Montrose's win bumped their record up to 16-5. As for Grand Junction, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-8.
Montrose will be playing at home against Durango at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Montrose focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Tuesday. As for Grand Junction, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Grand Junction Central at 7:00 p.m. Grand Junction is facing Grand Junction Central at the right time seeing as Grand Junction Central is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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