Tag: basketball
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Rylee Edmondson puts up 32 points for Lewis-Palmer in win over Rampart to advance in 5A basketball playoffs
Rylee Edmondson couldn’t miss from beyond the arc. The Lewis-Palmer senior went 5 of 5 from 3-point range in the first half and finished with 32 points to help the host No. 25 Rangers beat No. 40 Rampart 54-46 in the first round of the 5A girls basketball playoffs Wednesday. Lewis-Palmer will face No. 8 Palmer…
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Air Academy girls’ basketball defense holds Palmer Ridge to nine points in first half, finishes strong for home win
Air Academy refused to lose to Palmer Ridge twice. After trailing by a game-high 12 points at the start of the fourth quarter, the Bears cut the Kadets’ lead to three, but were still unable to overcome a scoreless second quarter to fall to the host Kadets 35-26. The game comes two weeks after league…
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Falcon boys’ basketball learns to play for each other to turn season around with 13 consecutive wins
A year after a surprise Final Four appearance, Falcon boys basketball is continuing to prove itself as a playoff team. Although it had to become a team first. After starting the season 1-5, the Falcons are now 15-6 after 13 consecutive wins, with their last loss being a 76-43 blowout to Liberty on Dec. 20.…
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Air Force basketball starts strong, falters in second half to lose to Colorado State in last Clune Arena matchup as conference opponents
It was a valiant effort, but Air Force men’s basketball will have to wait another game for a chance at victory. The Falcons kept in-state rival Colorado State close for most of the first half but trailed the entire second half to fall to the Rams 91-74 at Clune Arena on Tuesday. It is the…
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Milahnie Perry earns Air Force women’s basketball Division I scoring record on way to win over Grand Canyon
No one in Clune Arena was surprised when Air Force senior Milahnie Perry made a clutch layup to win a nail-biter over Grand Canyon. After trailing by nine in the fourth quarter, the Antelopes took a one-point lead with a minute left. But a layup by Perry with eight seconds remaining lifted Air Force basketball…
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Cameron Cunningham’s 20 points lift Liberty boys’ to dominant comeback win
The Rampart student section was decked out in neon colors, but it was the Liberty boys’ basketball team that stood out. After leading by as many as 10 in the first half, Rampart was held to just five points and zero field goals in the fourth quarter to fall to Liberty 72-56 in a rowdy…
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Air Force men’s basketball outscores Grand Canyon in second half, but falls to Lopes in first meeting
In the first meeting between the two basketball programs, Grand Canyon dominated Air Force from start to finish. The host Lopes led the entire game at Global Credit Union to come out with an 81-57 win over the Falcons on Tuesday night. Grand Canyon led by 30 at halftime, but the Falcons had a better…
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Air Force men’s basketball falters in second half, falls to Fresno State at Clune Arena
A year after taking down Fresno State in overtime, the Bulldogs returned the favor. Air Force stayed close with Fresno State and was down by five at halftime, but went cold after the intermission while the Bulldogs ran away to a 79-62 win at Clune Arena on Saturday. Fresno State outscored the Falcons 35-23 in…
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Lewis-Palmer’s Eli Robinson takes on larger role for Air Force basketball, continues family legacy at the academy
Eli Robinson found his love for basketball on an Air Force base in Japan. A military kid, Robinson first played basketball with schoolmates in Japan and has loved it ever since. It became a way for him to make friends through several relocations while his father, Col. Matt Robinson, served in the Air Force. “It…
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Mesa Ridge boys’ basketball tops Widefield on the road in dominant fashion
“This is our house!” the Mesa Ridge student section chanted inside the Widefield gym. In the second game of a Wednesday night doubleheader, the Grizzlies boys basketball team was not fazed by the loud Widefield environment and won 56-45 over the Gladiators. Mesa Ridge had a 16-10 lead after the first quarter, led for the…