After a string of four wins, the Cedar Valley Aviators's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 68-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of Orem. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Cedar Valley lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Hunter Larson, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds and two steals. Larson has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Decker Yeager, who scored 11 points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Orem to victory, but perhaps none more so than Trey Hiatt, who scored 16 points. Another player making a difference was Chance Dastrup, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 assists.
Cedar Valley's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Orem, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5.
Cedar Valley will take on Timpview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Orem, they will head out on the road to square off against Spanish Fork at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Spanish Fork will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Utah Rankings (they are ranked 89th, while Orem is ranked 15th).
