The Cedar Valley Aviators struggled with assists on Friday (the Orem Tigers had ten more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Cedar Valley received a tough blow as they fell 71-54 to Orem. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Cedar Valley of the 68-57 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in January.
Cedar Valley lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Hunter Larson, who scored 13 points. Owen Bawden was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with five rebounds and four blocks.
Orem was led to victory by Asher Young and Jax Allen. Young dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Allen scored 18 points along with eight assists and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Trey Hiatt, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds.
Cedar Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 12-11. As for Orem, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
Cedar Valley will be playing at home against Bonneville at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Cedar Valley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Friday. Orem does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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