Pleasant Grove was the 68-53 winner over Springville when they last played one another back in December of 2017, but their luck changed this time around. The Pleasant Grove Vikings fell just short of the Springville Red Devils by a score of 71-68 on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (62), the Vikings still had to take the loss.
Pleasant Grove lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Zane Windsor, who posted 12 points in addition to three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Crockett, who scored 13 points.
Springville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Andrew Miller led the charge by going 11 for 19 en route to 28 points. Another player making a difference was Jamyn Sondrup, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Pleasant Grove and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for Springville, they pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Pleasant Grove will venture away from home to take on Davis at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pleasant Grove knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully Davis likes a good challenge. As for Springville, they will head out to challenge Fremont at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Springville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.4 points per game this season.
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