The Kearns Cougars will venture away from home to face off against the Copper Hills Grizzlies at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Kearns has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Last Friday, Kearns was able to grind out a solid win over East, taking the game 73-61.
While Copper Hills didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top against Green Mountain by a score of 57-48 on Saturday. Given the Grizzlies' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 38th in Utah, while the Rams are ranked 174th in Colorado), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kearns better keep an eye on Isaiah Reiser. He was instrumental in Copper Hills' win, going 9 of 12 en route to 24 points and three steals. Reiser's afternoon made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Wesley Curtis, who posted 12 points.
Copper Hills was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Green Mountain only racked up five assists.
The victory made it two in a row for Copper Hills and bumps their season record up to 6-4. As for Kearns, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-5.
Kearns came up short against Copper Hills when the teams last played back in December of 2018, falling 56-50. Can Kearns avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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