Thursday morning the Emery Spartans will get back into tournament play in Cedar City at Southern Utah University. The Spartans will face the Summit Academy Bears.

Emery earned their spot in the quarterfinals with a win over North Sanpete last Friday 72-59.

The Spartans ended the regular season at 17-3 and with a 7-1 mark in Region 12 which earned them a share of the division title. Junior guard Luke Justice has led the Spartans this season with  13.5 points per game.  Big man senior center Brett Rassmussen has come up huge in the paint, with 9.3 rebounds per game and 1.6 blocks, and junior guard/small forward Wade Stilson averaged 5.7 assists and 3.7 steals per game.

Here are the season stats for the Emery Spartans:

Emery No. 3 in RPI

Overall 17-4

Region 7-1 1st in Region 12

Home 10-0

Away 6-4

Neutral 1-0

Win % .810

Region Win % .875

Points For 1473

Points Against 1191

The Summit Academy Bears got to the quarterfinals by beating Judge Memorial on Friday 51-38.

Summit Academy closed out the regular season with a 19-3 overall record which included a 4-2 Region 15 record which earned them a second-place finish. Senior guard Bryson Ottley leads the Bears averaging 21 points per game.  Garon Dustin, a 6’7″ senior center prowls the paint averaging 13 rebounds per game and three blocks, and 6’1″ senior guard Noah Lynch has been averaging four assists and steals per contest.

Here are the season stats for the Summit Academy Bears:

Summit Academy No. 6 in RPI

Overall 19-4

Region 4-2 2nd in Region 15

Home 7-1

Away 8-3

Neutral 4-0

Win % .826

Region Win % -667

Points For 1263

Points Against 869

Everything gets going Thursday morning on KOAL 107.3 FM or 750 AM with the Landon’s Diesel Service Pre-game show at 9 a.m., with tip-off to follow at 9:30.