From The Tribune staff reports
MOODY — The week referred to as “Rivalry Week” by the Moody basketball team ended with a big win over a high-powered Springville team that came into the game with a 7-3 record. Moody was coming off of a win as well so this one looked to be a true battle, and it was.
Moody would jump out to a commanding 23-11 lead in the first quarter, that would prove to be detrimental to the Tigers in the closing quarters of the game. Davion Dozier (11 points) and Kolby Seymour (8 points) owned the first quarter for Moody. For Springville, Collin Lockhart had 5 points to go with Brodie Frederick’s 4.
Moody’s offense would be halted in the second quarter, only putting up 7 points to Springville’s 13. Jake Connor led the Tigers with a pair of three pointers. Seymour led Moody with a 3 pointer. The half would end with Moody in the lead 30-24.
Coming out of the locker room, Moody’s offense would wake up yet again with Seymour scoring 8 of the team’s 16 points and Dozier with 5. Springville would stay close with 14 points, led by Ben Wood who had 5 points.
The final quarter ended in a 20-20 tie as Springville did all they could to catch the Bule Devils, but Moody was just too much on this night. Seymour and Carson Dillashaw had 7 points each and a pair of Tigers, Zack Brown and Ayden Walton led their team with 6 each. The final would be 66-58, Blue Devils.
Brown led the Tigers with 11 points followed by Walton with 8. Seymour had a monster night, scoring 26 points, followed by Davion Dozier who added 18.
“Kolby Seymour played lights out tonight. He finally started hitting shots and his 26 points were monumental for us,” Moody coach Chad Bates said. “Davion had another great game with 18 points and he anchors our defense.”
“I thought our team defense was really good tonight. Springville is a good team, very well coached with good players, so I knew to win we would have to play well and we did for most of the night,” Coach Bates said. “Josiah Dozier played well for us at the point guard sport for us. That helped our offense get going. It was a great team win for us. Hopefully it will spring board us into the second half of the season.”
Moody improved to 5-3 heading into Christmas break, while Springville falls to 7-4 with a game against Fairview on Saturday before their break.
