On Friday, the Farmington Phoenix faced the Layton Lancers in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Farmington took a 71-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of Layton. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (55), Farmington still had to take the loss.
Several Phoenix players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Braden Larsen, who scored 15 points along with seven assists and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Paul Beattie, who scored 21 points along with six rebounds.
Layton had a senior duo take command as David Katoa scored 23 points along with three blocks and two steals and Mekhi Martin scored 19 points along with seven assists and six rebounds. Katoa has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was KJ Miller, who scored nine points along with six assists.
Farmington are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-9. As for Layton, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-1.
Farmington will head out on the road to face off against Davis at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Davis is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 62.1 points per game this season. As for Layton, they will head out on the road to face off against Weber at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Averaging 73.95 points so far this season, Layton's high-powered offense has been in full-swing lately, so Weber better be ready for a challenge.
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