After flying high against Tooele last Tuesday, Hillcrest came back down to earth. The Hillcrest Huskies took a 56-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Murray Spartans on Friday. The Huskies were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Spartans earlier this season, when they won 56-40.
| 01/17/25 @ Murray | 5 |
| 01/14/25 vs Tooele | 3 |
| 01/09/25 @ Cottonwood | 5 |
| 01/07/25 vs Jordan | 1 |
| 01/03/25 @ Cedar Valley | 3 |
Despite the loss, Hillcrest still got an impressive performance from Myles Mahler, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine boards. With that strong performance, Mahler is now averaging an impressive 2.1 steals per game. Another player making a difference was Anton Mahler, who posted 11 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Murray to victory, but perhaps none more so than Isaiah Beh, who went 6 for 15 on his way to 16 points. Kaiden Nelson was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Hillcrest's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Murray, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-8.
Hillcrest has already played their next match (against Stansbury), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Murray will head out on the road to square off against Jordan at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Murray is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.2 points per game this season.
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