The Riverton Silverwolves (Riverton, UT) basketball nipped the host Lehi Pioneers (Lehi, UT), 62-57 in Friday's league test.

The Silverwolves (11-8) will now prepare for their test against Pleasant Grove (Pleasant Grove, UT). The Vikings go into the 5A Region 4 test with a 16-2 record. In their last test, Pleasant Grove got by Lehi (Lehi, UT), 79-66, in a league test.

The Pioneers now own a 5-13 record. They play next when they travel to Westlake for a 5A Region 4 test on Tuesday, February 11. Lehi will encounter a Thunder squad coming off a 78-65 league loss to Herriman (West Herriman, UT). The Thunder record now stands at 7-12.

Quarter 1

Both teams started out slow scoring a total of just 19 points. The score at the end of the first quarter is Lehi 11 and Riverton 8.

Quarter 2

18 points by Riverton and 17 by Lehi in the second quarter. The score at the end of the first half is 28 Lehi and 26 Riverton.

Quarter 3

Riverton outscored Lehi 15 to 8 in the third quarter. The score at the end of three is Riverton 41 and Lehi 36.

Quarter 4

Lehi tied the score in the fourth quarter. We go into overtime tied at 50.

Overtime

Riverton got out to a 4 point lead early in the overtime and held on to win by the score of 62 to 57. Lehi went 21 for 47 from the floor and too many turnovers hurt them in this game.