Copper Mountain 62, at Antelope Valley 58

(Interstat) — In a tightly contested men’s junior college basketball game that defied statistical projections, the Copper Mountain Fighting Cacti edged the Antelope Valley Marauders 62-58 on Friday night. The game, organized under the California community college system, was a defensive struggle marked by inefficient offense and critical turnovers, a stark contrast to the high-scoring shootout predicted by pregame analytics. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of 100-100, and its ELO system gave Antelope Valley a 67 percent probability to win. Instead, both teams combined to shoot under 42 percent from the field and 61 percent from the… Read more...