Grand County hasn't had much luck against Duchesne recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Grand County Red Devils will head out to square off against the Duchesne Eagles at 5:30 p.m. Duchesne took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Grand County, who comes in off a win.
Grand County will bounce into Friday's game after beating North Sevier, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. Grand County walked away with a 44-33 victory over North Sevier on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Devils.
Ainsleigh Kasprick was nothing short of spectacular: she went 9 for 14 on her way to 22 points in addition to eight steals and seven boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Trinity Bryant, who went 5 of 10 on her way to 12 points and eight boards.
Meanwhile, Duchesne opened the new year with a less-than-successful 42-32 defeat to North Summit. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Braves are ranked eighth).
Grand County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Duchesne, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
Grand County came up short against Duchesne in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 56-44. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Duchesne's Kira Grant, who went 6 of 15 on her way to 19 points and eight assists. Now that Grand County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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