Park City hasn't had much luck against Cottonwood recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Park City Miners will head out on the road to face off against the Cottonwood Colts at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Park City is headed into Wednesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Friday. They fell 89-76 to Jordan. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (62), the Miners still had to take the loss.
01/17/25 vs Jordan | 7 |
01/19/24 @ Jordan | 6 |
12/12/23 @ West | 5 |
01/23/24 @ Cottonwood | 5 |
11/28/23 @ Taylorsville | 4 |
Park City's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kurtis Menge, who almost dropped a double-double on 25 points and nine rebounds, and Luke Rice, who went 5 of 11 on his way to 18 points and seven assists. The dominant performance gave Rice a new career-high in assists. Another player making a difference was Wes Dewitt, who posted seven points and five boards.
Meanwhile, Cottonwood entered their tilt with Stansbury on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Stallions by a score of 69-62. Given the Colts' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Stallions are ranked 95th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Park City's loss dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Cottonwood, their win bumped their record up to 12-6.
Park City came up short against Cottonwood in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 73-60. Can Park City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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