Recap: Murray Spartans vs. Kearns Cougars
The Murray Spartans won the last time they faced the Kearns Cougars, and things went their way on Thursday too. Murray had just enough and edged Kearns out 50-48. Winning is a bit easier when you make five more threes than your opponent, as Murray did.
Murray can attribute much of their success to Mia Auclaire, who scored 24 points along with 5 rebounds and 4 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which Auclaire has scored at least 25% of Murray's points. Another player making a difference was Vanessa Anaafi, who scored 6 points along with 6 rebounds.
Several Cougars players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kylee Glade, who scored 9 points. Glade is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Adhau Chol was another key contributor, scoring 10 points along with 8 rebounds.
Murray's win bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Kearns, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Murray is on the road again on Tuesday and play against Granger at 7:00 p.m. on December 5th. As for Kearns, they will take on Tooele at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Tooele focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Thursday.
