The Box Elder Bees will head out on the road to take on the Brighton Bengals at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Box Elder will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Box Elder is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Mountain Crest on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Box Elder was outmatched by Mountain Crest on the road and fell 68-41. The Bees were down 66-30 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Loss or not, Box Elder got some senior leadership from Jocelyn Vranes and Paola Almeida. Vranes went 7 for 13 en route to 20 points plus six steals, while Almeida scored ten points. Vranes is crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brighton). They took down Spanish Fork 53-39 on Tuesday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Brighton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sophie Nielsen, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds. Nielsen is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucy Chin, who went 6 for 10 en route to 16 points plus two steals.
Brighton was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Box Elder's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Brighton, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Box Elder has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 23 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Brighton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 26.7. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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