CEDAR CITY — Morgan High boys basketball turned away every push by No. 8 Canyon View (12-13) and pulled away to proceed its 3A state title protection with a 67-43 victory in a quarterfinal recreation Thursday morning at Southern Utah University.
Canyon View employed a box-and-one on Saunders for a lot of the sport, however his transition and-one early within the fourth made it 48-32 with 7:12 left, and sparked a 24-12 fourth quarter as CV tried a full-court press to no avail. Saunders’ and-one drive capped a 16-4 run after the Falcons lower it to 32-28.
Saunders led No. 1 Morgan (22-3) with 20 factors. Mason Williams scored 17 factors within the submit. Jake Hansen added 12 factors.
Morgan will get a area rematch with No. 12 Grantsville within the semifinals after the Cowboys upset No. 4 Emery. Their matchup is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday. Morgan received their two area matchups by a median of 30 factors.
RICHFIELD 54, OGDEN 43
CEDAR CITY — No. 7 Ogden by no means trailed by greater than 9 till the ultimate seconds however shot 2 of 18 from the 3-point line, finally undoing probabilities to recover from the hump in opposition to No. 2 Richfield within the 3A quarterfinals at SUU.
Jackson Maw led Ogden (15-10) with 14 factors and eight rebounds. Tayson Porter scored 10 factors and Peter Archibald, who made each of his crew’s 3s, scored eight factors.
Maw and Ryan Kirkland (six factors) hammered Richfield within the submit for an early 10-6 lead however Kirkland picked up three first-quarter fouls and ultimately fouled out within the fourth.
Jorgen Southwick led Richfield (17-7) with 23 factors.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
MORGAN 62, EMERY 55
CEDAR CITY — No. 6 Morgan solely trailed as soon as — Emery took a 34-32 lead on the 5:31 mark of the third quarter — in an upset win over No. 3 Emery within the 3A quarterfinals at Southern Utah University.
Makayla Williams scored six of her 19 factors within the first body to lead Morgan (15-10) to a 12-10 lead after one quarter. and Emery (14-10) used a press to lower Morgan’s lead to a 30-29 halftime rating.
Zoe Rockenfeld took over within the second half, scoring 14 of her game-high 21 factors after the break. The Trojans constructed a 47-39 lead after three quarters, solely to see Emery rating the primary six factors of the ultimate body.
Morgan didn’t convert a subject objective within the fourth quarter however shot 15 of 20 from the free-throw line to shut the sport. Belle Nelson hit two 3-pointers on her approach to 10 factors for Morgan and Kamry Wardell added six factors.
The Trojans will face Region 11 foe and No. 7 seed Grantsville (13-12) within the semifinals at 5:50 p.m. Friday. Morgan break up two video games with Grantsville this season.
WASATCH 45, CLEARFIELD 42
HEBER CITY — No. 11 Clearfield led 22-21 on the half however couldn’t maintain that lead in a slim loss at No. 6 Wasatch (18-5) within the 5A second spherical.
Ciara De La O led Clearfield with 14 factors on three 3-pointers. Amoree Scholer scored eight factors.
The Falcons finish the yr with a 16-9 file.
SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED
6A second spherical
No. 8 Davis 44, No. 9 American Fork 40
No. 4 Mtn Ridge 73, No. 13 Weber 43
5A second spherical
No. 1 Pleasant Grove 73, No. 17 Bonneville 29
3A quarterfinals
No. 5 Layton Christian 60, No. 4 Canyon View 42