HURRICANE – The Hurricane Lady Tigers won their second in a row with a convincing win over Canyon View, 52-35, Tuesday night at the Tiger’s Den.
Hurricane jumped out early with impressive defense, holding the Lady Falcons to only three points in the first while scoring 11.
“We played man-to-man defense,” said Hurricane head coach Franci Homer. “We put our best defenders (Kylie Stevens and Jayden Lankford) on their two scorers, Shontae Clark and Abbie Corry.”
The defense played well, but the plan could have backfired when Stevens picked up two quick fouls and found herself next to Coach Homer on the bench.
“We put in Halli Gubler,” said Homer. “We stress to our bench that there should be no difference in the level of play when the starters come out. Tonight the bench played that way.”
The lead continued to climb in the second quarter as the Tigers outpaced CVHS 18-12. “Canyon View played a lot of zone,” said Homer. “We still got most of our points in the paint. Our guards penetrated and dished well to our posts.”
The third quarter went Canyon View’s way as it won it 9-7. However Hurricane still had a double-digit lead going into the fourth period, 36-24.
The fourth quarter was nearly all free throws for the Tigers. They attempted a total of 18, connecting on 10 of them.
“It was not really a situation where they were fouling to get back in the game,” said Homer. “They never really threatened in the fourth. We just drew a lot of fouls.”
Hurricane added three field goals to the 10 free throws to outscore the Falcons 16-11 in the final stanza.
Individually for Hurricane, Morgan Huntsman scored 14 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Carrie Marshall had eight points and nine rebounds. Taylor Anderson scored six points. Jayden Lankford and Lexy Lyons also pulled down seven rebounds each.
Canyon View drops to 1-4. The Tigers even their record to 2-2. Hurricane will host Juab Friday night at 7 p.m.
Cedar City 58, Enterprise 34
The Lady Reds snapped a two-game losing streak with a win on the road.
Courtney Morley continues to play well, racking up 20 points for the Lady Reds Tuesday night. Two other players, Carly Davis and Jessica Whetman, scored 11 points each.
Lacy Drake led Enterprise with 10 points.
Cedar improves to 2-2 while Enterprise drops to 1-2. Cedar will host Beaver High School Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
Snow Canyon 60, Virgin Valley 31
The Warriors used a dominant third quarter to crush the home team Tuesday night. After coming out of halftime with a 10-point lead, 32-22, Snow Canyon blanked the Lady Bulldogs 17-0 en route to a 29-point victory.
Individually, Mada Mooring led the Warriors with 14 points. Sydney Bott and Nikenna Durante hit three treys apiece to finish with 13 and nine points, respectively.
Virgin Valley dropped to 0-5. The Warriors are still undefeated at 4-0 and will host Canyon View Thursday night at 7 p.m.
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