Basketball Recap: Music Mountain Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Lonewolf Havatone and Tyren Havatone

After flying high against Ash Fork last Wednesday, Music Mountain came back down to earth. The Music Mountain Warriors came up short against the Joseph City Wildcats on Saturday, falling 78-58. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (56), the Warriors still had to take the loss.

Music Mountain's loss came despite strong showings from Tyren Havatone and Lonewolf Havatone. Tyren went 9 for 14 on his way to 23 points, while Lonewolf dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. Those 23 points gave Tyren a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabriel Marshall, who posted seven points in addition to seven boards and three steals.

It was another big night for Eli James, who went 13 of 25 on his way to 35 points along with six assists and six steals for Joseph City. James is becoming a predictor of Joseph City's success: when he posts at least 30 points the team is 13-2 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Jaimen Tsosie was another key player, going 6 of 15 on his way to 16 points along with six rebounds and five steals.

Music Mountain dropped their record down to 7-9 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Joseph City, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-4.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Music Mountain will welcome Seligman at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Music Mountain is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.1 points per game this season. As for Joseph City, they will host Mayer at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.