The Roaring Fork Rams and the Peyton Panthers squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly the Roaring Fork Rams had to settle for second. They fell 68-60 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, Roaring Fork can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 207th, while Peyton is ranked 95th).
Several Rams players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Noel Richardson, who scored 19 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Lucas Carballeira, who scored 17 points.
Roaring Fork struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only an offensive rebound. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Peyton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ayden Breese, who scored 24 points along with seven rebounds and two blocks. Breese is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. Bryce Love was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Roaring Fork and nudges their season record down to 11-12. As for Peyton, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 15-6.
Roaring Fork does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Peyton, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Salida at 1:30 p.m. on March 2nd. Hopefully Peyton focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Friday.
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