Basketball Recap: Somerset Sky Pointe Sets Scoring Season-High Against Cheyenne

Eagles

Team Score

01/27/25 vs Cheyenne	71
12/27/24 vs Lincoln County	70
12/20/24 @ Moapa Valley	67
01/14/25 vs Somerset Academy Losee	65
12/07/24 vs Cheyenne	63

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Somerset Sky Pointe). They came out on top against the Cheyenne Desert Shields by a score of 71-58 on Monday. The Eagles pushed the score to 65-39 by the end of the third, a deficit the Desert Shields cut but never quite recovered from.

Somerset Sky Pointe's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ja'Cory Gory led the charge by going 7 of 16 en route to 26 points in addition to eight rebounds and three blocks. Gory's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaden Jackson, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 boards.

Somerset Sky Pointe was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cheyenne only racked up seven assists.

When it comes to explaining why Cheyenne lost, don't look at Igniz Segovia-Gonzalez. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 20 points and 15 rebounds. Those 20 points gave Segovia-Gonzalez a new career-high. Julian Smith was another key player, putting up eight points and seven boards.

Somerset Sky Pointe's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-13. As for Cheyenne, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-17 record this season.

Somerset Sky Pointe wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 74-46 win against Amplus Academy on the 30th. As for Cheyenne, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 75-22 defeat against Sierra Vista on the 30th.