Golden Defeats Pueblo East In Early Boys Hoops Match-up

GOLDEN, CO — By Dennis Pleuss for CHSAANow.com/JeffCo. Early on it looked like Golden senior Ilja Bubukin might be the only player with a scoring touch Thursday night.

In the opening round of the D’Evelyn/Golden Boys Basketball Preview Classic, Bubukin poured in eight points in the opening 90 seconds while it was a struggle for the rest of the Demons, along with any Pueblo East players to find the bottom of the net.

“When Ilja gets going he can fill it up quick, real quick,” Golden’s first-year coach Lou Vullo said after the No. 10 ranked Demons in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A boys basketball preseason poll defeated No. 8 Pueblo East by a score of 72-49.

Bubukin finished with a team-high 15 points, but his teammates eventually joined the scoring party. Nine different Demons (1-0 record) scored in the first half as Golden extended its lead to 42-23 at halftime.

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Images: 1) Pueblo East junior Darnell Kindred (20) is bracketed by Golden juniors Carter Thompson, left, and Kevin Mulligan during the opening round of the 11th Annual D'Evelyn/Golden Preview Classic on Thursday night at Golden High School. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics). 2) Golden senior Ilja Bubukin (11) splits Pueblo East's Darnell Kindred, left, and Kyle Miller on Thursday night. Bubukin scored a team-high 15 points in the Demons' 72-49 victory. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics). 3) Golden sophomore Jake Liedtke (4) drive the baseline on Pueblo East junior Cameron Vigil on Friday night at Golden High School. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics).