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Layton 62, Fremont 60
The Lancers knew they'd a tricky activity forward of them coming into their Friday night highway matchup in opposition to Fremont.
Not solely was Fremont undefeated in Area 1 play coming into the sport, however Layton had not crushed the Silverwolves of their residence health club for the reason that 2017-18 season. For a full 4 quarters, the Lancers acquired the dogfight they have been anticipating, however managed to return out on prime for a 62-60 victory.
Layton used a 17-2 run within the first half to grab an early lead, which it ended up needing within the recreation’s remaining minutes. Layton acquired a balanced effort offensively, with 4 totally different gamers scoring in double figures. KJ Miller (13 factors) was the main scorer for the Lancers, whereas Fremont’s David Calvert led all scorers with 22 factors.
The consequence definitely made the Area 1 race extra fascinating, as Fremont fell to 7-1 in area play, whereas Layton — which presently sits in second place — jumped to 6-3.
“Our guys did a tremendous job staying collectively. We acquired nice performances from everybody tonight. Anytime we will get 4 gamers in double figures we’re going to be onerous to beat. In the end we wish to be enjoying our greatest ball proper now and I feel we're,” Layton head coach Kelby Miller mentioned.
Riverton 64, Herriman 63
At halftime, it seemed like Riverton — which entered Friday night undefeated in Area 3 and ranked third within the 6A RPI — was heading towards an upset defeat to Herriman.
The Silverwolves trailed by 19 factors and couldn’t handle to get any of their pictures to fall. Riverton, nonetheless, didn’t determine to hold it up after the primary two quarters, because it got here out of the halftime break trying like a brand new workforce.
The Silverwolves outscored the Mustangs 45-25 within the second half (together with 30-15 within the third quarter), to safe a slender 64-63 victory and stay undefeated in area play. Regardless of the second half surge, Herriman had 4 possibilities to win on the final possession of the sport, however couldn’t get the pictures to fall.
Senior Jaxon Kerekes led the way in which for Riverton, scoring 24 factors on three made 3-pointers. Zach Edwards and Logan Dunfield additionally chipped in 14 factors apiece for the Silverwolves, who improved to 15-4.
“I didn’t acknowledge my workforce within the first half. Herriman performed nice and you can inform they have been actually motivated to win. I simply instructed our guys at halftime that this was the primary time all yr that it was apparent the opposite workforce actually needed it greater than us. I instructed them no matter occurs, to ensure that wasn’t the case by the top of the sport, and one way or the other we discovered a strategy to win,” Riverton coach Skyler Wilson mentioned.
Northridge 47, Bonneville 45
Issues didn’t come simple for the Knights within the first half. After scoring solely two factors within the first quarter, they trailed Bonneville by 15 factors heading into the halftime break.
However within the remaining two quarters, Northridge managed to flip the script because of a heightened stage of depth, particularly on the defensive finish. The Knights restricted the Lakers to simply 13 second half factors, paving the way in which for his or her 47-45 comeback victory.
With below 30 seconds remaining, Northridge’s Logan Birt secured an offensive board, giving the Knights a second probability alternative, which they capitalized on. Bentley Whitear went on to drill the game-winning 3-pointer with three seconds remaining, serving to Northridge safe its seventh win of the season.
“We acquired off to a very sluggish begin, however we have been enjoying actually onerous and getting attractiveness, pictures simply weren’t falling for us early. A lot respect for Bonneville, they're such a well-coached workforce and they're extraordinarily bodily. We simply saved plugging away possession by possession,” Northridge coach Andrew Olson mentioned.
“The youngsters simply saved believing and preventing. So happy with this workforce, there isn't any give up in them. ... Bentley (Whitear) struggled a lot of the sport, however saved enjoying onerous and his teammates saved lifting him up and we trusted him with the final shot and he hit the one which counted.”
Woods Cross 55, Field Elder 49
Elsewhere in Area 5, Woods Cross noticed its possibilities of a area title get a big increase. After defeating Field Elder by just one level earlier within the season, the Wildcats managed to safe victory a bit extra comfortably Friday night, defeating the Bees 55-49 to enhance to 6-0 in Area 5.
Woods Cross now owns a two-game lead over Field Elder and is in full management of its quest for a area title. The Wildcats got here out the gates with intent, leaping out to a 19-11 lead after the primary interval of play.
Woods Cross acquired robust performances from all gamers in its rotation, as 5 gamers scored 10 or extra factors. Alex Brey led the way in which for the Wildcats, scoring a game-high 14 factors.
With 4 video games remaining in its common season, Woods Cross now seems to be on monitor to be topped Area 5 champions — one thing it didn’t handle to perform final season, regardless of ending because the 5A runner-up.