The Fairview Knights struggled with offensive rebounds on Tuesday (the Mountain Vista Golden Eagles had 1300% more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Fairview had to suffer through a rough 87-27 loss at the hands of Mountain Vista. Fairview was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 53-17.
Despite the loss, Fairview still got an impressive performance from Bella Chang, who scored 16 points along with 5 rebounds. Chang scored a full 59.3% of Fairview's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Julia Savage was another key contributor, scoring 0 points along with 7 rebounds.
Mountain Vista was led to victory by Kennedy Spellman and Kiarra Spellman. Spellman scored 27 points along with 7 assists and 7 rebounds, while Spellman scored 26 points along with 7 steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Spellman has scored at least 25% of Mountain Vista's points. Another player making a difference was Grace Roscoe, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 13 rebounds.
Fairview's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Mountain Vista, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Fairview will be playing in front of their home fans against Sierra at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Sierra focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 29 on Tuesday. As for Mountain Vista, they will square off against Ralston Valley at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ralston Valley knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past three matches -- so hopefully Mountain Vista likes a good challenge.
