The No. 16 Durango High School girls basketball team enjoyed a bye in the first round of the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 4A State Tournament earlier this week. Now, it’s showtime.
DHS (16-7) earned the final bye in the bracket and watched as No. 48 Thompson Valley upset No. 17 Montrose, 50-48, in the opening round of the tournament. Instead of facing the Southwestern League rival Indians for a third time this season after two previous wins, the Demons have an unfamiliar matchup coming against the Eagles (9-15) from the Loveland area.Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday.
Aside from Montrose, the two only have one other common opponent this season. Both teams lost to Pueblo West, with the Eagles dropping a 61-44 game Jan. 21 and Durango falling to the same team 49-38 back on Dec. 8.
Here’s a closer look at the match-up:
No. 16 Durango
Mascot: Demons
Head coach: Tim Fitzpatrick, 3rd season
Colors: Red, white
Enrollment: 1,110
Record: 16-7
Leading Scorer: Katrina Chandler, 15.5 points per game.
Rebound Leader: Taylor Edwards, 5.2 per game
Assists leader: Katrina Chandler, 3.8 per game
Points per game: 41.8
Points allowed per game: 34.6
Roster: Brett Rowland, jr.; Chantel Foltz, jr.; Danielle Lee, so;, Elise Gilleland, jr.; Emma Hackett, so.; Hilda Garcia, jr.; Jessica Lee, sr.; Jordan Baker, sr.; Katrina Chandler, sr.; Kristin Slade, sr.; Lily Chick, so.; Stephanie Basye, sr.; Taylor Dossey, so.; Taylor Edwards, sr.
No. 48 Thompson Valley
Mascot: Eagles
Head coach: Chad Walker, 10th season
colors: Black, gold
Enrollment: 1,238
record: 9-15
Leading scorer: Ashlen Mickelson, 10.4 points per game
Rebound Leader: Ashlen Mickelson, 9.1 per game
Assists Leader: Syd Wagonmaker, 2.5 per game
Points per game: 45
Points allowed per game: 52.96
Roster: No. 0 Syd Wagonmaker, jr.; No. 1 Emily Black, so.; No. 2 Novi Briggs, fr.; No. 3 Kyla Schuetz, so.; No. 5 Shae Schuetz, jr.; No. 10 Kylie Bowen, so.; No. 13 Sierra Ortiz, fr.; No. 15 Kate Gentrup, fr.; No. 20 Sami McCrimmon, fr.; No. 21 Kate Robinson, jr.; No. 22 Katie Seja, sr.; No. 23 Sydnee Durtsche, fr.; No. 24 Lacy Sauer, jr.; No. 25 Ashlen Mickelson, sr.
