Basketball Recap: Brighton Drops Highest Score of Season Against Spanish Fork

By Team Reports Nov 28, 2024, 6:34pm

Basketball Recap: Brighton Bengals vs. Spanish Fork Dons

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Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brighton). They enjoyed a cozy 53-39 victory over the Spanish Fork Dons on Tuesday. The Bengals have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Dons, too.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Brighton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sophie Nielsen, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds. Nielsen continues to roll, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Lucy Chin, who went 6 for 10 en route to 16 points plus two steals.

Brighton was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

The win got Brighton back to even at 2-2. As for Spanish Fork, they are on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.

Brighton will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Box Elder at 5:15 p.m. Brighton is facing Box Elder at the right time seeing as Box Elder is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Spanish Fork, they will head out on the road to challenge Morgan at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

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