On the road Wednesday night the Carbon Dinos picked up a region win 63-50 against the Maeser Prep Lions. The Dinos had put forth a balanced effort scoring in double digits in every quarter. They also found an answer to their woes coming out of halftime, outscoring Maeser in the third.

Led by senior Derek Hillam who scored 30 points on 10-of-18 shooting, Ty Anderson and Collin Lewis dropped in 12 each. Carbon also had a good night from the free throw line shooting 78%. The Dinos won the first of their final three games of the season, all of which are on the road. The Dinos will need to power through the final away games to prepare themselves for the state tournament.

 

Maeser Prep was led by senior Grant Garner with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and senior Aaron Gustavenson with 12 points, the Lions also went 70% from the free throw line.

Maeser now sits at 6-13 and 1-8 in Region 14 play and sits one place behind Carbon.

The Dinos (7-13, 4-6 in region) now have some time off and will not take the court again until next Wednesday February 6th when they will travel to Roosevelt to play Union (9-10, 6-4 in region) as they come off of a win against Juab. This will be the second time they have faced each other this season, back on January 9th in Price, Union defeated the Dinos 69-67 in double overtime.

Tune in to 95.3 The Peak at 6:30 for the Landon’s Diesel pre-game show, with tip-off to follow at 7pm. You can also stream the game live at castlecountryradio.com