The memorable 2018 season for Mountain Pointe High School’s boys basketball team came to a bitter end Wednesday as the Pride fell to Pinnacle High 76-60.
Unlike its last game with the Pride in November when they suffered a crushing 81-45 loss, Pinnacle this time around had a full bench – including two starters who had been out because of injuries.
Despite the loss, the season will still go down as a success for Eason, who led the Pride to a 26-4 record – arguably the best season ever for the team.
Mountain Pointe will have to recover from the loss of guard Amarion Cash and other seniors to graduation, but can expect the return of the team’s top two scorers in Price and junior forward Jalen Graham.
Eason said the team can parlay success this year into a playoff run in 2019 if everybody puts in the required effort.
“We play harder than anyone in the state in my mind. We fought the entire game regardless of the final score, and we’ll be the same next year,” Eason said. “We’ll have some no-name guys that will work their tails off and we’ll be back.”