The Monument Valley Cougars are on the road again on Friday and play against the Piute Thunderbirds at 8:30 p.m. on December 8th.
Last Saturday, Monument Valley was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 29-24 to Dulce. That's two games in a row now that Monument Valley has lost by exactly five points.
Monument Valley's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Braxton Goodshield, who scored 8 points, and Melias Cly who scored 9 points. Goodshield scored a full 33.3% of Monument Valley's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, even though Tintic scored an imposing 55 points on Friday, Piute still came out on top. Piute managed a 61-55 victory over Tintic.
The losses dropped Monument Valley to 2-2 and Dulce to 2-1.
Monument Valley was dealt a bruising 88-23 defeat at the hands of Piute when the teams last played back in February of 2019. Can Monument Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.