Two dominant guards in Addy Horsley and Faythe Stauffer are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Bingham Miners will challenge the Riverton Silverwolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Bingham is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Corner Canyon with a sharp 61-41 win on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Miners.
Meanwhile, Riverton hadn't done well against Herriman recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Riverton walked away with a 66-54 victory over Herriman. That's two games straight that the Silverwolves have won by exactly 12 points.
Bingham better focus on containing Stauffer and Maggie Hamblin as the pair were huge in Riverton's win. Stauffer went 5 of 11 on her way to 18 points and three steals, while Hamblin went 6 for 10 en route to 14 points and eight boards. The game was Stauffer's fourth in a row with at least ten points. Halle Talbot was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Riverton was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Bingham pushed their record up to 13-5 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.0 points per game. As for Riverton, their victory bumped their record up to 11-6.
Bingham strolled past Riverton when the teams last played on January 9th by a score of 47-31. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bingham since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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