Basketball Recap: Tooele Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Feb 7, 2025, 9:04am

Basketball Recap: Tooele Buffaloes vs. Cottonwood Colts

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Tooele was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 83-54 loss at the hands of the Cottonwood Colts. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Buffaloes this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 65-50 back in January.

Crew Lewis

Assists (Career)

01/31/25 @ Cottonwood7
12/06/23 @ Grantsville6
11/21/23 @ Ben Lomond6
01/23/24 @ Stansbury5
12/02/24 @ Morgan5

When it comes to explaining why Tooele lost, don't look at Crew Lewis. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Lewis a new career-high in assists (seven). Another player making a difference was Gus Pater, who posted eight points.

Cottonwood got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was John Rosevear out in front who went 9 for 15 en route to 20 points. Drake Schmalz also deserves some recognition as he scored his first points of the season.

Tooele's loss dropped their record down to 2-19. As for Cottonwood, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.

Tooele has already played their next match, a 64-49 defeat against Murray on the 4th. As for Cottonwood, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 49-44 win against Hillcrest on the 4th.

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