After losing to the Mountain Ridge Sentinels the last time they met, the Bingham Miners decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. Bingham strolled past Mountain Ridge with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 62-46.
Bingham was led to victory by Stockton Tueller and Luke West. Tueller scored 17 points along with seven assists, while West scored 25 points along with two steals and two blocks. West is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. Another player making a difference was Rhett Dawson, who scored eight points.
Mountain Ridge lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Will Lindsay, who scored 16 points. Lindsay hasn't dropped below 16 points for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Sylvester, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds.
Bingham now has a winning record of 11-10. As for Mountain Ridge, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-13 record this season.
Bingham will be playing in front of their home fans against Herriman at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Herriman focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Friday. As for Mountain Ridge, they will head out on the road to face off against Corner Canyon at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Corner Canyon will roll in looking for their 11th straight victory, something Mountain Ridge surely won't give up without a fight.
