Music Mountain was the 75-54 winner over Grand Canyon when they last played one another back in December of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Music Mountain Warriors were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 78-77 to the Grand Canyon Phantoms. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (59), the Warriors still had to take the loss.
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Music Mountain lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Daelian Walema, who posted 26 points and six boards. Walema has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last ten times he's played. Another player making a difference was Micah Quasula, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds.
Even though they lost, Music Mountain was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Music Mountain is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-11. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.7 points per game. As for Grand Canyon, their victory ended a 16-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-12.
Music Mountain will host Kingman at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Music Mountain has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Grand Canyon, they will head out to take on Mayer at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Grand Canyon is facing Mayer at the right time seeing as Mayer is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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