Basketball Game Preview: Orem Tigers vs. Spanish Fork Dons

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Previous Games

01/26/24 - Away	72-47 W
01/05/24 - Home	70-50 W
02/25/22 - Neutral	71-47 W
02/15/19 - Away	74-63 W
01/22/19 - Home	74-61 W
+ 5 more games

Orem is 10-0 against Spanish Fork since November of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Orem Tigers will take on the Spanish Fork Dons at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Orem's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last nine contests.

Orem is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Maple Mountain: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Orem blew Maple Mountain out of the water with a 64-37 final score. The Tigers pushed the score to 44-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Golden Eagles had little chance of recovering from.

Meanwhile, Spanish Fork escaped with a win on Tuesday against Cedar Valley by the margin of a single free throw, 43-42.

Spanish Fork has also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.2 points per game. As for Orem, they pushed their record up to 14-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.

Everything went Orem's way against Spanish Fork in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, as Orem made off with a 72-47 win. Will Orem repeat their success, or does Spanish Fork have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.