Basketball Recap: Mountain Crest Takes a Loss

Mountain Crest easily dispatched Deseret Peak on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Mustangs fell just short of the Roy Royals by a score of 43-40 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Royals are ranked 34th).

Easton Pugmire

Field Goal Percentage

12/13/25 vs Roy	60%
12/12/25 vs Deseret Peak	56%
12/09/25 @ Stansbury	50%
12/06/25 vs Cottonwood	33%
12/05/25 vs Hurricane	13%
+ 4 more games

When it comes to explaining why Mountain Crest lost, don't look at Easton Pugmire. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double with 16 points and ten rebounds. Thanks to that strong game, Pugmire now owns an excellent 46.1% field goal percentage. Corbin Stewart also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.

Boston Greenhalgh produced another solid performance going 7-for-14 en route to 19 points in addition to six boards and three steals for Roy. Greenhalgh has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last seven times he's played. Jesse Jones was another key player, putting up eight points and eight rebounds.

Mountain Crest has traveled a rocky road recently, having lost four of their last five games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-5 record this season. As for Roy, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record up to 7-2.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Mountain Crest will take on Bear River in a holiday battle at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Roy and Ben Lomond will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Royals will be up against the Scots' rather soft defense (which has allowed 72.43 points per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.