Payson played a tough contest on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 69-43 to the Bountiful Redhawks. The Lions were down 55-26 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Leading Bountiful to victory were Milika Satuala and Maleah Nelson. Satuala posted 25 points, while Nelson earned 18 points. Those 25 points gave Satuala a new career-high.
This is the second loss in a row for Payson and nudges their season record down to 1-4. As for Bountiful, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Coming up, Payson will welcome American Fork at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Bountiful, they will venture away from home to square off against Maple Mountain at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
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