Basketball Preview: Tintic Miners vs. Bryce Valley Mustangs
The Tintic Miners will head out to square off against the Bryce Valley Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Tintic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58 points per game this season.
While Tintic didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top against American Prep WV by a score of 59-47 on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Miners.
Cole Ward and Hagen Barton were among the main playmakers for Tintic as the former dropped a double-double on ten points and 12 assists and the latter went 7 for 13 en route to 15 points. The dominant performance gave Ward a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Larsen, who earned ten points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Bryce Valley's game on Wednesday was all tied up 22-22 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Piute 44-42.
Bryce Valley's record now sits at 3-1. As for Tintic, their win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-1.
Tintic came up short against Bryce Valley when the teams last played back in February, falling 56-51. Can Tintic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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