The North Sanpete Hawks will square off against the Carbon Dinos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with eight consecutive losses for North Sanpete and six for Carbon.
North Sanpete is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Emery on Wednesday. North Sanpete fell to Emery 57-52.
Meanwhile, Carbon was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Wednesday as they fell 58-54 to Canyon View. While losing is never fun, the Dinos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Falcons are ranked 26th).
North Sanpete's record is now 3-15. As for Carbon, their record now sits at 4-18.
North Sanpete came up short against Carbon in their previous meeting back in January, falling 70-61. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carbon's Cannon Mortensen, who went 5 for 10 on his way to 15 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Now that North Sanpete knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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