Spring Valley is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Payson. The Spring Valley Grizzlies took a blow against the Payson Lions, falling 68-36. The Grizzlies were down 52-28 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Despite the loss, Spring Valley still got an impressive performance from Mia Ervin, who posted 19 points. That was a full 52.8% of Spring Valley's points, marking the third time in a row she's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brie Ruiz, who scored eight points.
It was another big night for Emmy Hales, who shot 5-for-8 from deep and dropped a double-double on 24 points and 11 rebounds for Payson. The dominant performance gave Hales a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Quincey Mathews, who put up 13 points in addition to six boards and five assists.
Spring Valley's loss dropped their record down to 7-3. As for Payson, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Spring Valley wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 44-43 win against Sports Leadership & Management on the 27th. As for Payson, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Brighton at 3:30 p.m. on December 31st. Payson knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully Brighton likes a good challenge.
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