After flying high against Orem last Tuesday, Maple Mountain came back down to earth. The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles fell just short of the Pleasant Grove Vikings by a score of 61-59 on Friday. The Golden Eagles have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Maple Mountain lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Shay Brown, who posted 13 points along with six rebounds and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Brown a new career-high in offensive rebounds (four). Another player making a difference was Leah Bailey, who scored 16 points plus three steals.
Pleasant Grove was led to victory by Cash Connors and Tabi Clark. Connors dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Clark went 7 for 12 en route to 18 points plus six rebounds and five assists. Connors has been hot , having posted eight or more rebounds the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Makayla Boyer, who had 12 points along with seven rebounds.
Maple Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Pleasant Grove, the win snapped their losing streak at five games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-1 record.
Maple Mountain didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 67-28 victory against Highland on the 26th. As for Pleasant Grove, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 50-46 loss against Wasatch on the 23rd.
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