The Summit Academy Bears will head out on the road to face off against the Park City Miners at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Summit Academy will be strutting in after a win while Park City will be coming in after a defeat.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you drain five more threes than your opponent, a fact Summit Academy proved on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Kearns 51-48. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Summit Academy.
Summit Academy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kita Holmes out in front who scored 21 points. The matchup was Holmes' third in a row with at least ten points. Avery Backus was another key contributor, scoring 9 points along with 9 steals and 5 assists.
Meanwhile, Park City's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their seventh straight loss. They fell 50-37 to Northridge. While losing is never fun, Park City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while Northridge is ranked 41st).
Their wins bumped Summit Academy to 2-3 and Kearns to 2-3.
Summit Academy beat Park City 61-48 when the teams last played back in December of 2021. Will Summit Academy repeat their success, or does Park City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
