It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mountain View can now relate to. They came up short against the Desert Hills Thunder on Wednesday, falling 70-45. The Bruins just can't catch a break and have now endured five defeats in a row.
Kevin Lewis
| 02/12/25 @ Desert Hills | 17 |
| 02/07/25 vs Provo | 15 |
| 01/03/25 @ Logan | 13 |
| 11/22/24 vs Cedar | 10 |
| 11/19/24 @ American Heritage | 10 |
When it comes to explaining why Mountain View lost, don't look at Kevin Lewis. Despite the final result, he posted 17 points. The dominant performance gave Lewis a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Jaxson Hockersmith, who earned ten points and seven rebounds.
Mason Rasmussen had an outrageously good game for Desert Hills as he shot 6-for-11 from beyond the arc and almost dropped a double-double with 18 points and nine boards. Rasmussen is becoming a predictor of Desert Hills' success: when he posts at least 15 points the team is 4-1 (and 8-11 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Openshaw, who went 6-for-10 on his way to 12 points and six rebounds.
Mountain View's loss dropped their record down to 8-17. As for Desert Hills, the victory got them back to even at 12-12.
Mountain View does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Desert Hills, they will challenge Payson at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The timing is sure in Payson's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while Desert Hills has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
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