Basketball Recap: Luka Cecez's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Cottonwood over Layton

By Team Reports Jan 1, 2025, 8:18pm

Basketball Recap: Cottonwood Colts vs. Layton Lancers

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Cottonwood has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were two points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 83-81 heartbreaker at the hands of the Layton Lancers.

Luka Cecez

Blocked Shots (Career)

12/30/24 vs Layton9
12/20/23 vs West7
12/05/24 vs Provo6
12/28/24 vs Skyline6
12/05/23 vs Richfield4

Several Colts players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Luka Cecez, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine blocks. Those nine blocks gave Cecez a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Luke Park, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 assists.

Cottonwood's loss dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Layton, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.

Cottonwood didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 71-52 defeat against Olympus on the 31st. As for Layton, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 72-68 loss against Pleasant Grove on the 31st.

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