Bayfield boys beat Montezuma-Cortez
The Fort Lewis College men’s basketball team jumped out to a huge early lead and then held on to beat the Colorado School of Mines 62-60 in Golden.
The Skyhawks took a 34-16 lead into halftime, but Mines rallied, scoring 10 straight points to tie the game at 60-60. With three seconds left, however, Jacquess Hobbs sank two free throws to seal the win for FLC.
Riley Farris scored 20 points to lead the Skyhawks. Brenden Boatwright added 14, Akuel Kot scored nine, and Corey Seng scored seven.
FLC improves to 13-7 overall and 9-5 in the RMAC with the win, which was the second time this season Fort Lewis has defeated the Orediggers. Mines slid to 13-8, 11-6.
The Skyhawks will be back on the road tomorrow against No. 23 Regis University (17-5, 12-4).
The Fort Lewis College women's basketball team fell in an 84-56 road contest to No. 13 Colorado School of Mines in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action on Friday night. Fort Lewis drops to 2-19 overall and 1-14 in the league, and Mines improves to 20-3, 15-2 RMAC.
Fort Lewis shot 40.7% (22 of 54) from the field compared with 46.2% (30 of 65) for Mines. The Skyhawks shot 38.1% (8 of 21) from three versus 41.9% (13 of 31) for the Orediggers. Fort Lewis edged out Mines 40-31 in rebounds. The game's biggest difference came in the turnover category, where the Skyhawks committed 30 to just 10 for the Orediggers. In turn, Mines benefited from 40 points off turnovers compared with just six points for Fort Lewis.
Redshirt senior Sydney Candelaria led the team with 17 points to go along with four rebounds. Redshirt sophomore Kelsey Sorenson followed with 10 points and three boards. Redshirt junior Alyssa Adams contributed eight points and four rebounds. Freshman Piper Terry led the team with six rebounds.
The Bayfield High School boys’ basketball team scored its second league win over Montezuma-Cortez on Friday at BHS, 73-59.
Isaac Ross, who was the only Bayfield senior honored on senior night, scored 10 of his 24 points in the first quarter to help BHS jump out to a 20-12 lead. The Wolverines extended their lead to 40-27 at halftime. The third ended with Ross hitting a fall-away 3-pointer at that buzzer that put BHS up 56-38 as the crowd exploded.
Ross hit four 3-pointers in the game and was one of four Wolverines to finish in double figures. Lance Mazur finished with 20, Caden Wood scored 12, including six in the first quarter, and Jackson Queen added 10.
J.T. Carver scored 15 to lead Cortez. Sawyer Smith added 14, and Gabe Crowley scored nine in defeat.
The Bayfield High School girls basketball team only trailed Montezuma-Cortez 10-7 after the first quarter of their Friday night clash. Cortez, however, limited the Wolverines to three second-quarter points as they pulled away to beat BHS, 57-27.
Cortez led 21-10 at halftime and 41-18 after three.
Bayfield senior Abby Tate scored nine points but was plagued by foul trouble and eventually fouled out with 3:25 left in the third quarter. Alaysia Kremer scored 10 to lead BHS, and Jordan Martindale added four.
Twelve Panthers scored for Cortez, led by Bri Comisky with 15 and Taiah Wilson with 10.
Contributing writer Joel Priest contributed to this story
