The Emery Spartans will face off against the Canyon View Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Emery fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against San Juan last Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Broncos 71-67. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (61), the Spartans still had to take the loss.
Loss or not, Emery got some senior leadership from Jace Frandsen and Porter Hurdsman. Frandsen went 8 of 18 on his way to 22 points and five assists, while Hurdsman went 5 of 12 on his way to 15 points and three steals. Frandsen is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of West Johansen, who went 5 of 6 on his way to 10 points and five boards.
Meanwhile, Canyon View posted their closest victory since January 31st on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Hurricane, sneaking past 59-57.
Canyon View's win bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Emery, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
Everything went Emery's way against Canyon View when the teams last played back in February, as Emery made off with a 63-38 victory. Will Emery repeat their success, or does Canyon View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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