The Pine View Panthers and the Elko Indians will round out the year against one another at at 5:15 p.m. on Monday. Pine View is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Pine View will bounce into Monday's match after beating Snow Canyon, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Pine View came out on top against Snow Canyon by a score of 56-49 last Friday. The score was all tied up 29-29 at the break, but the Panthers were the better team in the second half.
12/20/24 vs Snow Canyon | 17 |
12/07/24 vs Timpanogos | 14 |
12/11/24 @ Cedar | 11 |
12/05/24 vs Manti | 10 |
11/22/24 vs Canyon View | 6 |
Pine View's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Lucas Papa led the charge by dropping a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance gave Papa a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Jelani Odjegba, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine boards.
Pine View was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Snow Canyon only racked up 11 assists.
Meanwhile, Elko came up short against Syracuse on Saturday and fell 64-52. The Indians have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pine View has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Elko, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
Pine View barely slipped by Elko in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, winning 57-56. Does Pine View have another victory up their sleeve, or will Elko turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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