Basketball Recap: Snow Canyon Takes a Loss

Snow Canyon was the 62-46 winner over Desert Hills when they last played one another back in February of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Snow Canyon Warriors took a 57-40 bruising from the Desert Hills Thunder on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Thunder are ranked 35th).

When it comes to explaining why Snow Canyon lost, don't look at Gil Lamoreaux. Despite the final result, he went 6 for 10 on his way to 16 points. Niels Larsen was another key player, putting up six points and five boards.

Desert Hills can attribute much of their success to Mason Rasmussen, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 12 boards. The dominant performance gave Rasmussen a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Chase, who posted 12 points.

Snow Canyon dropped their record down to 2-11 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Desert Hills, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-5.

Snow Canyon won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Stansbury at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Desert Hills, they will head out to take on Crimson Cliffs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Crimson Cliffs' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.