Basketball Recap: Tintic Skates Past Intermountain Christian with Ease

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tintic). They really took it to the Intermountain Christian Lions for the full four quarters, racking up a 75-47 victory. The win was familiar territory for the Miners who have now won four contests in a row.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tintic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cole Ward, who went 6 for 9 on his way to 12 points in addition to seven steals and six assists. Those seven steals gave Ward a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Larsen, who went 6 of 11 from beyond the arc en route to 20 points.

Ward wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Tintic was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Intermountain Christian only posted 11 assists.

Intermountain Christian's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Knox Westenskow, who went 11 of 17 on his way to 25 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Hillaker, who went 10 of 18 on his way to 16 points and five rebounds.

Tintic's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 33.8 points. As for Intermountain Christian, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.

Tintic will take on Wayne in a tournament on Friday. Tintic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season. As for Intermountain Christian, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 70-37 defeat against American Prep WV on the 11th.