Basketball Game Recap: Riverton Silverwolves vs. Lehi Pioneers

By Team Reports Mar 2, 2024, 8:12pm

Recap: Riverton Silverwolves vs. Lehi Pioneers

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Riverton Silverwolves can now relate to. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 70-49 walloping at the hands of the Pioneers on Monday. Riverton was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Lehi apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in November of 2018.

Several Silverwolves players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Zach Edwards, who scored 17 points along with seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaden Allred, who scored nine points.

Cooper Lewis continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lehi, scoring 28 points along with four steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Lewis has scored at least a third of Lehi's points. Another player making a difference was Easton Hawkins, who scored 12 points along with eight rebounds.

Riverton's defeat dropped their record down to 17-8. As for Lehi, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season.

Riverton does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lehi, they will challenge Herriman at 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Lehi's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 12 contests.

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