On Thursday, the Bingham Miners faced the Corner Canyon Chargers in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Bingham escaped with a win against Corner Canyon by the margin of a single free throw, 57-56. Winning may never get old, but Bingham sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Bingham was led to victory by Brianna Badonie and Addy Horsley. Badonie scored 20 points, while Horsley scored 24 points along with five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Makailyn Horsley, who scored seven points.
Loss or not, Corner Canyon got some senior leadership from Elina Mortensen and Maia Rhay. Mortensen scored 19 points along with nine rebounds, while Rhay. scored 15 points along with nine rebounds and seven assists. Mortensen is on a roll when it comes to points, as she's now scored 15 or more in the last 14 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Brooke Luper, who scored six points.
Bingham has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Corner Canyon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-7.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Bingham will face off against Copper Hills at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Copper Hills will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive. As for Corner Canyon, they will head out on the road to face off against Riverton at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Riverton will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Utah Rankings (they are ranked 78th, while Corner Canyon is ranked 18th).
