The Union Cougars will square off against the Canyon View Falcons at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Union focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Friday.
Last Friday, Union suffered a rough 74-50 loss at the hands of South Summit. While losing is never fun, Union can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while South Summit is ranked 30th).
Despite the loss, Union had strong showings from Wayke Olsen, who scored 17 points along with two steals, and Stetson Duncan, who scored 14 points. Tanner Womack was another key contributor, scoring six points.
Meanwhile, Canyon View beat Carbon 60-53 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Canyon View.
This is the second loss in a row for Union and nudges their season record down to 9-14. As for Canyon View, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
Union suffered a grim 71-47 defeat to Canyon View when the teams last played back in February of 2017. Thankfully for Union, Brantzen Blackner (who scored 22 points along with five rebounds and five steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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