Preston Lofthouse. Photo by Tina Lerohl HYRUM – Mountain Crest found themselves facing a double digit deficit, down 16-6 to Wasatch after the first quarter, and couldn’t claw back despite Preston Lofthouse scoring a career high 31 points. Lofthouse scored all 12 fourth quarter points for the Mustangs but the Wasps had three players in double digits and had a response for every run on the way to a 62-49 win (watch the replay here). The Mustangs had just as many turnovers as points (six) in the first quarter and had to try and come back from another early double digit lead. Mountain Crest could not mount a sustained run, cutting the lead to five or six before turning it over and going back down double digits. This was despite Mountain Crest winning the turnover battle, 15-17, and making double digit free throws for the first time all season, going 13-19. Oliver Nethercott added 12 points as well, but only four players scored for the Mustangs. Against the Mustangs’ man-to-man defense Mitch Lind scored all 13 of his points in the first half for Wasatch. Mountain Crest switched to a 3-2 zone, and stuck in that defense for most of

PRESTON – Mountain Crest went on a 16-5 run to cut Preston’s lead to four with seven minutes to go, but could not get it within a possession. The Mustangs had several opportunities, but could not find the clutch bucket to tie up the game. With six minutes left Preston pushed the lead to six and then stole the inbound and was fouled to push it back to eight and hit free throws to ice the game 57-49. Preston won without their top player, Brecker Knapp (17.7 ppg), who twisted his ankle early in the first and sat the rest of the game. Preston led the whole way, aided by a 19-7 first quarter. The Mustangs had a chance to cut the lead to six before half, but Hunter Pugmire missed two free throws and a three after a rebound before Drew Jones banked in an off balance three to go up 11 at half. The Mustangs couldn’t find the big buckets to get the game tied. Coming into the game the Indians got 50 of their 57 points per game from their starting lineup and, without Knapp, seven Indians scored. Jones was the leading scorer with 15, including 7-8

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HYRUM – Down by 15 heading into the fourth quarter, Mountain Crest went on a 11-4 run over the next six minutes. However, the Mustangs couldn’t get any closer than seven, finding their offense much too late after scoring just 14 points combined in the first three quarters. Hunter closed the game on a 7-3 run to win 40-28. In the first half Mountain Crest couldn’t protect the ball, giving it away 12 times, and this stalled the Mustang offense to the tune of just nine points in 16 minutes of game time. The first three quarters Mountain Crest scored in single digits and didn’t have a scorer finish in double digits. Preston Lofthouse was the closest with nine points. Only five players scored for Mountain Crest. Hunter only had 22 points at the half, but did so without their leading scorer Darius Henderson (15.5 points per game) who picked up foul number three with just under 90 seconds left in the first quarter. This was 40 seconds after he was whistled for his second, but the Mountain Crest offense couldn’t mount a run with Henderson on the bench for the rest of the first half. Joseph Doporto scored 11