Basketball Recap: Make It Four in a Row for Desert Hills
By Team Reports
Jan 2, 2025, 3:00pm
Basketball Recap: Desert Hills Thunder vs. Hurricane Tigers

Thunder
12/20/24 vs Hurricane | 64-48 |
12/18/24 vs Cedar | 68-29 |
12/13/24 @ Cedar Valley | 51-46 |
12/12/24 @ Spanish Fork | 59-45 |
Desert Hills waltzed into their match on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They enjoyed a cozy 64-48 victory over the Hurricane Tigers. The Thunder have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Tigers, too.
Jack Openshaw was a one-man wrecking crew for Desert Hills as he went 9 for 11 on his way to 19 points and seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Chase, who posted 12 points and six rebounds.
Brigham Kemp and RJ Hurst certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Kemp went 5 of 12 on his way to 14 points in addition to six boards and three steals, while Hurst had 16 points. Another player making a difference was Calan Hughes, who posted four points.
Desert Hills' win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points per game. As for Hurricane, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-4.
Desert Hills wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 73-55 loss against Riverton on the 30th. As for Hurricane, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 71-41 victory against Carbon on the 26th.
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