Grantsville was the 56-53 winner over South Summit when they last played one another back in February of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Grantsville Cowboys took an 80-69 hit to the loss column at the hands of the South Summit Wildcats on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (56), the Cowboys still had to take the loss.
01/15/25 @ South Summit | 19 |
01/10/25 @ Morgan | 18 |
01/08/25 @ Union | 24 |
01/03/25 vs Bear River | 24 |
12/28/24 vs Summit Academy | 17 |
Grantsville's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Bryson Roberts, who went 7 for 15 en route to 19 points in addition to six assists and three steals. The game was Roberts' 11th in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Peyton Thornton, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 15 points.
Even though they lost, Grantsville smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in seven consecutive contests.
It was another big night for Logan Woolstenhulme, who dropped a double-double on 46 points and ten rebounds for South Summit. That makes it four consecutive games in which Woolstenhulme has scored at least a third of South Summit's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Osguthorpe, who posted 12 points and five boards.
Grantsville's defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-8. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.3 points per game. As for South Summit, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 13-3.
Grantsville has already played their next match, a 63-48 victory against Ben Lomond on the 17th. As for South Summit, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 64-53 loss against Morgan on the 17th.
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