The Fruita Monument Wildcats can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. They blew past Grand Junction Central 54-33. Given Fruita Monument's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while Grand Junction Central is ranked 91st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Olivia Campbell was her usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds. It was the first time this season that she pulled down eight or more rebounds. Another player making a difference was Addison Eyre, who scored six points along with six rebounds and five assists.
Despite the loss, Grand Junction Central still got an impressive performance from Krystyna Manzanarez, who scored 15 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Tuscani Ritter, who scored seven points.
Fruita Monument has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. As for Grand Junction Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-11.
Fruita Monument will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Durango at 12:00 p.m. Fruita Monument is coming into the contest with five straight wins at home, so Durango is out to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Grand Junction Central, they won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Grand Junction at 5:30 p.m. on February 16th. Hopefully Grand Junction Central focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Thursday.
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