Recap: Escalante Moquis vs. Valley Buffalos
After flying high against the Monument Valley Cougars back in December of 2023, the Escalante Moquis came back down to earth. Escalante was beaten by Valley 80-48 on Thursday. Escalante lost against Valley in their previous head to head back in January of 2023, too, but the margin this time around was much wider than the 67-28 score last time.
Escalante lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Korben Young, who scored ten points along with five rebounds. The contest was Young's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kendal Gardner, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Escalante's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-7. As for Valley, the win makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Escalante is on the road again on Thursday and play against Bryce Valley at 7:00 p.m. on January 11th. Bryce Valley is out to stop a six-game streak of losses at home. As for Valley, they will head out on the road to face off against Milford at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
