Basketball Recap: Oriyah Clay Key Part of a Team Effort in Thunderbirds Win

Thunderbirds

Margin (Wins)

01/08/25 vs Sandy Valley	64
12/12/24 @ Sandy Valley	37
12/20/24 @ Founders Classical Academy	37
01/16/25 vs Founders Classical Academy	37
01/17/25 @ Beatty	26

Indian Springs won the last time they faced Beatty and things went their way on Friday too. The Indian Springs Thunderbirds blew past the Beatty Hornets 43-17. The Thunderbirds have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matches by 26 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Indian Springs to victory, but perhaps none more so than Oriyah Clay, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 14 rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Clay has scored at least a third of Indian Springs' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Robyn DiGregorio, who posted six points in addition to 11 boards and four steals.

Indian Springs is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 42.3 points. As for Beatty, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-13.

Indian Springs and Beatty's offenses will be put to the test in their next games. Indian Springs and Mountain View Christian (who has only given up 25.5 points per game) will meet at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Indian Springs' defense has only allowed 25.9 points per game this season, so Beatty's offense will have their work cut out for them. Similarly, Beatty will challenge Tonopah at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, a team that's only allowed 25.67 points per game.