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Maple Mountain 53, Provo 52
Because of a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback, Maple Mountain is not winless this season. The Golden Eagles curbed an 18-game shedding streak by rallying to beat Provo, 53-52, in entrance of their residence crowd after trailing late within the recreation. The Golden Eagles, who common simply 37.9 factors per recreation, battled laborious with the Bulldogs and held a 24-23 lead at halftime, simply the third halftime lead of their season. Provo managed the third quarter and went on a run, outscoring the Golden Eagles, 17-11, however moderately than break down, Maple Mountain squared up and closed out the sport with an 18-point fourth quarter, tying probably the most factors scored in any quarter of its season. Junior ahead Jaynee Tanner led Maple Mountain with a double-double of 13 factors and 15 rebounds. Shaylee Brown and Ashlynn Lainhart added one other 13 and 12 factors, respectively. Provo senior Rachel Fale led all scorers with 20 factors, together with six 3-pointers, whereas senior Kiley Biorge added 14 factors.
“This was such an ideal group win to be sincere. We had so many ladies step up on either side of the courtroom all through the sport. There have been instances when Provo made runs that previously we might have given up, however tonight, we had been in a position to climate these runs and battle again. These younger gamers have been working so laborious to enhance evening in and evening out the whole season. It’s very rewarding to see them lastly get to get pleasure from some outcomes from their effort,” Maple Mountain coach Cory Inexperienced stated.
South Sevier 46, Kanab 44
Shut video games have outlined 2A Area 19 hoops all season lengthy, and it was lastly South Sevier’s flip to get on the profitable aspect because the Rams went into Kanab and upset the Cowboys, 46-44. South Sevier had misplaced 4 video games in area this yr when main or tied at halftime, together with a heartbreaker at Beaver final recreation. It seemed to be getting away from the Rams once more after surrendering an early result in path by 8 at halftime. As an alternative, South Sevier performed a shutdown third quarter, 16-2, and held on for victory. Sophomore ahead Kinley Jensen led the Rams with 15 factors, and senior Hayzen Taylor and sophomore Caitlin Nielson mixed for six 3-pointers as they scored 14 and 10 factors, respectively. Junior guard Ashlyn Houston had 15 factors for the Cowboys, together with sophomore ahead Savannah Bateman who had 13 factors, together with 4 triples.
“In an especially powerful area, we've battled each evening however come up brief. Tonight, we received the win. Kinley Jensen had a very nice recreation offensively and defensively, and our bench was key on this win. Each participant that stepped on the ground had a second that contributed to our win,” South Sevier coach Tracy Johnson stated.
Highland 60, Brighton 56
Highland received all that Brighton might give them in a close to upset in 5A Area 6, however the Rams stored their lead steady and escaped with an in depth win over the Bengals on the highway, 60-56. Every quarter of the sport was determined by 2 factors or fewer. The Rams had a troublesome time coping with Brighton’s Maya Mismash, who completed with a game-high 21 factors on 5 3-pointers, however junior Sosefina Langi scored 18 factors to guide the Rams, whereas Nia Olevao and Olivia Tausinga added 17 and 11, respectively. Olivia Stephens and freshman Sophie Nelson added 13 and 10 factors, respectively, for Brighton within the loss.
“Brighton is a troublesome group. We caught with our recreation plan and made changes when wanted. We made free throws on the finish that we would have liked,” Highland coach Sala Asiata stated.
Payson 50, Uintah 48
Two high-end groups in 5A Area 7 competed to the ultimate seconds, nevertheless it was senior guard Emersea Beddoes that had the ultimate say. Beddoes sank the go-ahead shot with simply 4 seconds on the clock to shut out an enormous win for Payson over Uintah, 50-48. Beddoes scored 15 factors to guide eight Lions who scored within the recreation. Uintah received massive video games out of McKenzie White with 18 factors, together with three 3-pointers, and Kyrsten Bake with 15 factors. The win retains Payson within the Area 7 race at 7-1 simply behind 8-0 Cottonwood. The Lions face the Colts in an enormous area matchup on Wednesday.
“Our group may be very balanced and led by a extremely powerful group of seniors. Regardless of being down at instances, they by no means give up and got here by way of in a hard-fought area recreation. I’m very happy with this group. Any certainly one of them can rating double digits any recreation. Once we lastly get wholesome, we will play with anybody. I really like this group,” Payson coach Chad Bahr stated.