The Richfield Wildcats will venture away from home to challenge the South Sevier Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Richfield focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 20 on Saturday.
Richfield will head into Saturday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 41-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Uintah on Saturday. Richfield had just enough and edged Uintah out 50-47. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Wildcats have posted since November 30, 2023.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Richfield to victory, but perhaps none more so than Abbee Albrecht, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds. Albrecht has been hot recently, having posted nine or more rebounds the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordyn Bagley, who went 5 for 11 en route to 13 points plus six steals.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely South Sevier's strategy against Summit Academy last Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that South Sevier blew Summit Academy out of the water with a 56-19 final score. With the Rams ahead 35-8 at the half, the match was all but over already.
South Sevier had a senior duo take command as Kinley Jenson dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 rebounds and Caitlin Nielson posted eight points in addition to eight assists and four steals. Jenson's evening made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Whitley Goble, who posted ten points.
South Sevier smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 12 offensive rebounds in seven consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Richfield's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for South Sevier, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Richfield came up short against South Sevier when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 45-39. Can Richfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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