The Murray Spartans and the Layton Lancers will round out the year against one another at at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, Murray was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 56-55 to Cottonwood. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Colts: they've now lost five in a row.
Loss or not, Murray got some senior leadership from Treyce Wilson and Damani Wilkerson. Wilson went 7 of 13 en route to 16 points and three steals, while Wilkerson went 7 of 11 on his way to 19 points and six rebounds. Wilkerson continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Davies, who posted five points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Layton). They blew past Taylorsville 88-43 on Thursday. The Lancers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 34 points or more this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Layton and bumps their season record up to 7-1. As for Murray, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
Murray and Layton were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but Murray came up empty-handed after a 57-56 loss. Can Murray avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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