Basketball Recap: Stansbury's Win Ends Five-Game Losing Streak at Home

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Stansbury). They snuck past the Taylorsville Warriors with a 57-52 win on Friday. This was payback for the Stallions, who suffered a 56-42 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Stansbury to victory, but perhaps none more so than Apisi Maile, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 12 rebounds. Those 12 boards gave Maile a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Addi Hansen, who went 6 of 10 on her way to 13 points and six rebounds.

Taylorsville's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Destiny Harrison, who went 9 of 17 on her way to 21 points and five assists, and Jeweliana Martinez, who posted nine points. The game was Harrison's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Siulose Jones, who had nine points.

Stansbury's victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-3. As for Taylorsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.

Stansbury didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 55-51 win against Ogden on the 10th. As for Taylorsville, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 74-49 loss against Olympus on the 10th.