The Lady Dinos faced the Utes from Uintah on Friday afternoon in Price. Down by six after one quarter, they cut the Uintah lead to three by the half and then used a late third quarter push to take the lead and hold on to it winning 56-43.

The Uintah Utes came out early and it looked as if they may walk away with this one, but the Dinos put the clamps on defensively, registering 16 steals and then the offense started to take over outscoring the Utes 31-15 in the second half.

Uintah was led in this game by Kenna Gardiner with 19. Malorie Luck added 11 and Kyra Putnam chipped in with seven in the loss, the Utes seventh of the season.

Abbie Saccomanno led all scorers with 22 points, she also added five assists and five steals to round out her stat line. Jordan Bianco went for 14 adding six assists and three steals and Makenna Blanc had 8 points with five assists and three steals.

The Dinos will now take a short break before they hit the court again. On January 2 they will travel to play South Summit.

The next home game for the Dinos will be on January 7 when they face South Sevier in the Region 12 opener. And then on the January 9 they will travel to Castle Dale to face the Emery Spartans.