The Pine View Panthers entered their tilt with the Desert Hills Thunder with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. The stars were shining brightly for Pine View in a 73-58 win over Desert Hills on Wednesday. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Nash Schroeder was his usual excellent self, scoring 32 points along with six rebounds. That makes it ten consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Pine View's points. Another player making a difference was Trevor Condie, who scored 12 points along with nine rebounds.
Desert Hills lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jackson Holman, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds. The matchup was Holman's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Ben Chase was another key contributor, scoring 13 points along with six assists.
Pine View's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-3. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.3 points per game. As for Desert Hills, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5.
Pine View and Cyprus will round out the year against one another at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday at. Allowing an average of 57.1 points per game, Cyprus has struggled on the defensive end, but that doesn't have to be the case in this match. Desert Hills is on the road again on December 29, 2023 and play against Tooele at 3:30 p.m. on December 29, 2023. Tooele is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 59.3 points per game.
