Two dominant players in Addy Scrivner and Cheznie Roundy are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Lehi Pioneers and the Payson Lions will face off at 7:00 p.m. on December 12th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lehi is ranked highly in their home state, and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Rigby. Lehi lost to Rigby at home by a decisive 61-44 margin. Lehi has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lehi's loss came about despite a quality game from Scrivner, who scored 18 points along with five steals. Scrivner scored a full 40.9% of Lehi's points, the fifth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ellie Hill, who scored nine points.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but Payson had to settle for a 44-42 defeat against Mountain Ridge on Saturday.
Lehi's loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Payson, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Lehi strolled past Payson in their previous matchup back in December of 2022 by a score of 57-38. Will Lehi repeat their success, or does Payson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
