It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact North Valleys can now relate to. They were outmatched by the Spring Creek Spartans and fell 67-31. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 47-14.
Despite the loss, North Valleys still got an impressive performance from Joshua Collins, who went 8 for 16 to rack up 18 points. That was a full 58.1% of North Valleys' points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Spring Creek to victory, but perhaps none more so than Tayden Francis, who almost dropped a double-double with 17 points and nine boards. Djrevan Demick was another key player, going 5 of 8 on his way to 11 points along with five rebounds and three steals.
North Valleys is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 13-9. As for Spring Creek, they pushed their record up to 19-6 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
North Valleys does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Spring Creek, they will challenge Dayton at 4:40 p.m. on Friday. Spring Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.8 points per game this season.
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