The West Panthers will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Grantsville Cowboys at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.6 points per game this season.
Last Friday, West came up short against Juan Diego Catholic and fell 66-54. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Soaring Eagle are ranked 23rd).
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Elijah Albertson, who posted 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mohamed Sharif, who had 11 points.
Meanwhile, Grantsville scored the most points they've had this season on Saturday, but it wasn't enough. They fell 85-77 to Judge Memorial Catholic. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (75), the Cowboys still had to take the loss.
Grantsville's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for West, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-4 record this season.
West was able to grind out a solid win over Grantsville in their previous matchup back in December of 2018, winning 51-38. The rematch might be a little tougher for West since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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