The Florence Huskies suffered their biggest loss yet this season on Friday. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 65-45 walloping at the hands of Salida. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss Florence has suffered against Salida since January 30, 2018.
Despite the defeat, Florence had strong showings from Gage Goodall, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Gunnar Phillips, who scored ten points along with nine rebounds and five assists. Goodall has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last six times he's played. Another player making a difference was Garrett Royer, who scored six points along with five rebounds.
Leading Salida to victory were Kason Westphal and Ryan Osness. Westphal scored 23 points along with eight rebounds and two steals, while Osness scored 20 points along with nine rebounds and seven steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Westphal has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniel Edgington, who scored seven points along with eight rebounds and three steals.
Florence bumped their record down to 4-6 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Salida, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
Florence will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against The Vanguard School at 7:00 p.m. The Vanguard School will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line. As for Salida, they will head out on the road to face off against Rye at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Rye focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 23 on Thursday.
