The Lady Spartans were in Vernal over the weekend to take part in The Shannon Johnson Classic, a four day tournament consisting of teams from all classifications. After losing the first game on Thursday to Ridgeline, Emery would still have three games remaining in two days against Fruita Monument from Colorado, San Juan and Sky View. Collecting wins against San Juan and Sky View the Spartans now hold a 5-2 record this season.
Below is a recap of the weekend games:
Game 1- Fruita Monument- Loss 51-48
In the game with the Fruita Monument Wildcats, Emery played very close in the first half, keeping the Fruita lead at seven going into the locker room.
In the third quarter the Spartans made their move, out scoring the Wildcats 20-16 and by the fourth quarter they had cut the lead to just three. Unfortunately for Emery all either teams could do was score four points each in the final quarter giving Fruita the victory.
Baylee Jacobson came up big for the Spartans scoring 21 with five rebounds and three steals. Tambrie Tuttle added 16 and five boards.
Game 2- San Juan- Win 69-22
A night’s rest must have done wonders for the Lady Spartans as they came out first thing Saturday showing no mercy for the San Juan Broncos.
Jumping out in quarter one to a 20-5 lead the Spartans put another 16 on the board in the second pushing their halftime lead to 36-10.
In the second half, the third quarter was more of the same as Emery added 25 more points to their lead while allowing the Broncos to score just four.
A total of ten Spartans scored in the contest led by Aliya Lester’s 12 and four rebounds. Brynn Gordon added 10. Jacobson dropped in 9 to go with her four assists and Brielle Rowley put six on the board in this one-sided affair for the Spartans.
Game 3- Sky View- Win 72-67
In the final game on Saturday afternoon, the Spartans faced the Sky View Bobcats. The Bobcats are a 4A team from Smithfield, and the defending State Champions.
Emery came out in the first half almost swapping quarters with Sky View. The Spartans scored 24 in the first and 13 in the second with Sky View 18 in quarter one and 26 in quarter two.
In the second half, Emery started to gain some distance on Sky View. The Spartans outscored the Bobcats, 35- 23 taking the five point win.
Tuttle led Emery with 18 points to go with her five rebounds and five assists. Jacobson dropped in 17 with two assists and a steal and Daicee Ungerman put in 11 while grabbing five rebounds.
Up next for the Lady Spartans is a pair of road games in Southern Utah.
On Friday, they will visit Pine View, then Saturday they will meet up with Hurricane.
They will be home once again on Dec. 14 to face the Delta Rabbits.