Basketball Recap: Utopia's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Tuesday

Utopia lost against Rocksprings back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Utopia Buffaloes fell 82-73 to the Rocksprings Angoras. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (59), the Buffaloes still had to take the loss.

Hunter Taylor continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Rocksprings, dropping a triple-double on 28 points, 18 boards, and ten assists. What's more, Taylor also racked up four steals, the most he's had since back in November of 2023. Dwayne Rivera was another key player, going 7 for 11 on his way to 16 points and five rebounds.

Buffaloes

Previous 5 Games

01/14/25 @ Rocksprings	73-82
01/10/25 @ Medina	59-46
01/07/25 vs Comstock	62-51
01/03/25 vs Knippa	55-42
12/30/24 @ D'Hanis	56-61

With the defeat, Utopia broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 19-4. As for Rocksprings, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-10 record this season.

Utopia will host Leakey at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Utopia knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten matchups -- so hopefully Leakey likes a good challenge. As for Rocksprings, they will head out to square off against Comstock at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.