The Frontier Academy Wolverines will square off against the Manitou Springs Mustangs at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Frontier Academy focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 35 on Wednesday.
Frontier Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 56 points on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Jefferson Academy on Wednesday. They were beaten by the Jaguars 58-22. The Wolverines were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 47-12.
Loryn Bustos was Frontier Academy's leading scorer, having posted six points.
Macee Flores held things down on the boards with four rebounds. She took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with three assists.
Meanwhile, Manitou Springs was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Saturday as they fell 31-26 to Sand Creek.
Manitou Springs' loss came about despite a quality game from Brooklynn Sheffield, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine steals. Sheffield has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more rebounds the last four times she's played.
Manitou Springs now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Frontier Academy, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-1.
Frontier Academy was dealt a bruising 49-22 loss at the hands of Manitou Springs in their previous matchup back in December of 2021. Can Frontier Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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