After a string of three wins, the Utopia Buffaloes's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 65-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Medina. Utopia was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Medina apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in January.
Despite the defeat, Utopia saw an underclassman step up: Jett Smothers scored 27 points along with six rebounds and four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Smothers has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Dustin Rhodes, who scored eight points along with eight rebounds and five assists.
Utopia's defeat dropped their record down to 16-14-1. As for Medina, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season.
Utopia will head out on the road to challenge D'Hanis at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Utopia focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Tuesday. Medina does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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