Spanish Fork is 0-10 against Orem since November of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Spanish Fork Dons will be playing in front of their home fans against the Orem Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Spanish Fork escaped with a win against Cedar Valley by the margin of a single free throw, 43-42.
Meanwhile, Orem had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They breezed by the Golden Eagles to the tune of 64-37. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked first, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 65th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Orem's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.3 points per game. As for Spanish Fork, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season.
Spanish Fork suffered a grim 72-47 defeat to Orem in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Orem's Chance Dastrup, who shot 5-for-8 from deep and dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 assists. Now that Spanish Fork knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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