Basketball Recap: Water Canyon Comes Up Short

Water Canyon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss. They took a blow against the Kanab Cowboys, falling 92-33. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Cowboys are ranked 39th).

Water Canyon lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Domanik La Corti, who posted 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dynonte Blackmore, who scored six points.

Leading Kanab to victory were Kyle Brown and Cash Mortensen. Brown went 8 for 12 on his way to 18 points and seven rebounds, while Mortensen almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine boards. The dominant performance gave Mortensen a new career-high in rebounds. Tyce Hill also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.

Water Canyon's defeat dropped their record down to 3-14. As for Kanab, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-4.

Water Canyon does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Kanab, they will host Millard at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. That match will pit two of the most dominant guards against one another: Mortensen and Derk Memmott.