Park City and Tooele are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2017, but not for long. The Park City Miners will take on the Tooele Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with seven consecutive losses for Park City and six for Tooele.
Park City is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Cottonwood on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Park City was beaten by Cottonwood 85-51. While losing is never fun, the Miners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Colts are ranked 27th).
Meanwhile, Tooele lost 61-36 to Stansbury on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that the Buffaloes have lost by exactly 25 points.
Park City will have to contain Crew Lewis as he made an impact in Tooele's last game. He went 8 for 16 en route to 22 points. What's more, Lewis also racked up two blocks, the most he's had since back in January of 2024. Christian Rogers was another key player, putting up nine points.
Tooele's loss dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Park City, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-16.
Park City didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Tooele in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 69-64 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Park City since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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