Maple Mountain lost against Salem Hills back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles lost 68-48 to the Salem Hills Skyhawks. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Skyhawks are ranked eighth).
Makayla Smith
| 01/17/25 @ Salem Hills | 7 |
| 01/30/24 vs Spanish Fork | 7 |
| 12/20/24 vs Central | 6 |
| 02/06/24 @ Cedar Valley | 4 |
| 11/22/24 @ Pleasant Grove | 4 |
Maple Mountain's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Makayla Smith, who posted seven points and three steals. That's the most points Smith has posted since back in January of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Shay Brown, who earned 11 points and three steals.
Salem Hills had a senior duo take command as Chenielle Nye dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten boards and Brooke Warren went 8 of 13 en route to 19 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. Warren's evening made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Lyvia Allred also deserves some recognition as she posted her first assist of the season.
Maple Mountain dropped their record down to 7-9 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Salem Hills, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season.
Maple Mountain has already played their next match (against Cedar Valley), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Salem Hills will take on Wasatch at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Wasatch sitting on five straight wins and Salem Hills on three.
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