The Tooele Buffaloes will face off against the Murray Spartans at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Tooele is headed into Tuesday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 54-50 heartbreaker at the hands of Cottonwood. The contest was a 24-24 toss-up at halftime, but the Buffaloes couldn't quite close it out.
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Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Halle Hogan, who posted 15 points. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in blocks (two). Camila Lora was another key player, putting up five points and 17 boards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Murray). They blew past Stansbury 66-44 on Thursday. The Spartans pushed the score to 54-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Stallions cut but never quite recovered from.
Murray's win bumped their record up to 6-13. As for Tooele, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-7.
Tooele beat Murray 54-46 in their previous matchup back in January. Will Tooele repeat their success, or does Murray have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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