After a string of six wins, Nucla's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 70-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Telluride Miners. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (58), the Mustangs still had to take the loss.
| 12/20/24 vs Telluride | 11 |
| 12/14/24 vs Soroco | 7 |
| 12/13/24 @ Caprock Academy | 6 |
| 12/12/24 vs Vail Christian | 10 |
| 12/07/24 vs Sangre de Cristo | 4 |
Several Mustangs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Brycen Rummel, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 boards. With that strong performance, Rummel is now averaging an impressive 8.1 boards per game. Another player making a difference was Austin Garvey, who posted 16 points.
Telluride can attribute much of their success to Langston Silbergeld, who put up 16 points. Those 16 points gave Silbergeld a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Danny Romo, who earned 15 points.
Nucla's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Telluride, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-2.
Nucla and Dove Creek will face off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. One thing working in Nucla's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four games. As for Telluride, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Ouray at 4:00 p.m. on January 10, 2025.
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