Juab lost against Emery back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Juab Wasps fell just short of the Emery Spartans by a score of 74-71. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (65), the Wasps still had to take the loss.
| 01/15/25 vs Emery | 22 |
| 01/10/25 @ Manti | 22 |
| 01/08/25 vs Richfield | 25 |
| 01/03/25 @ Delta | 25 |
| 12/30/24 vs Ben Lomond | 30 |
Juab lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Austin Park, who went 8 of 20 en route to 22 points and eight assists. The matchup was Park's seventh in a row with at least ten points. Jay Rowley was another key player, going 6 for 9 on his way to 13 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals.
Emery's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Porter Hurdsman led the charge by going 8 of 13 en route to 25 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave Hurdsman a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jace Frandsen, who went 6 for 10 on his way to 17 points and seven assists.
Juab's defeat dropped their record down to 12-4. As for Emery, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 8-8.
Juab wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 60-56 win against Carbon on the 17th. As for Emery, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 68-53 victory against Delta on the 17th.
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