Preview: Pleasant Grove Vikings vs. Lone Peak Knights
The Pleasant Grove Vikings will head out on the road to take on the Lone Peak Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pleasant Grove is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Pleasant Grove pushed their score all the way to 61 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. The match between Pleasant Grove and Lehi wasn't particularly close, with Pleasant Grove falling 77-61. While losing is never fun, Pleasant Grove can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while Lehi is ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, even though Westlake scored an imposing 61 points on Friday, Lone Peak still came out on top. Lone Peak walked away with a 70-61 win over Westlake.
Lone Peak's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Thomsen Kramer, who scored 22 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Chamberlain Burgess, who scored 21 points along with five blocks and two steals.
Pleasant Grove has not been sharp recently, as they've lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-7 record this season. As for Lone Peak, they now have a winning record of 9-8.
Pleasant Grove came up short against Lone Peak in their previous matchup on January 12th, falling 60-50. Can Pleasant Grove avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
