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Davis junior JT Turley (11) leaps above Syracuse junior Skyler Orton (2) during a home game on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Kaysville.

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Syracuse junior Beckham Rees (3) puts up a layup during a game at Davis on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Kaysville.

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Davis senior Coleman Atwater (1) signals to sophomore Bode Sparrow (2) during a home game against Syracuse on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Kaysville.

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Syracuse senior Burke Rountree, left, eyes Davis senior Croydon Christensen (4) during a game Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Kaysville.

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KAYSVILLE — You’d be out of luck finding someone displeased with Davis boys basketball’s final pair of home games, beginning Tuesday with a second-half comeback over Layton and capped with a Senior Night rout over Syracuse, 92-44, on Friday.

Just days removed from a tall test with the Lancers, the Darts (18-3, 7-1 Region 13) came into the weekend the aggressor. The Titans (9-12, 2-6) spent five-plus minutes finding their first field goal of the night, soon trailing Davis by nine at the end of the first quarter.

Senior Coleman Atwater’s 26 points and eight rebounds led Davis, which closed the night with five double-digit scorers including junior JT Turley (14 points) and senior Croydon Christensen (13 points), joining the double-digit scoring club.

The loss of Syracuse big man Carter Robinson, dislocating his finger during practice earlier in the week, made sharing the wealth even easier.

“It’s been our main focus,” Christensen said. “Swinging the ball, getting it around and in everyone’s hands, and trusting the ball’s going to come back and the score’s going to take care of itself. … We knew they’re a great scoring team and were going to come out guns a-blazing.”

Turley and Atwater each eclipsed double-figure scoring in the midst of a 26-8 second-quarter run by the Darts. Closing the half just 6 of 22 from the field, Syracuse still managed to fit six separate names in the scorebook down 43-17.

Syracuse head coach Greg Godderidge pointed to a combination of Robinson’s absence and signs of late-season fatigue as the biggest challenges hindering the Titans with two more games left on the schedule, including next week’s Senior Night home finale against Farmington.

“We’ve got to figure out some chemistry on our part,” Godderidge said. “Ball’s not moving enough, we’re not hitting enough shots — all the things that don’t win you basketball games.”

Christensen and his three fellow seniors — Atwater, Bennett Wright (six points) and Bryker Couser (two points) — received ovations from the crowd as Davis hung a 40-point lead on the Titans entering the fourth quarter.

Burke Rountree led Syracuse with 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting. Colton Hoenigman added 11 points.

With the postseason nearing, Christensen said closing the regular season with two more wins requires Davis to shift gears on the heels of two promising displays this week.

“It takes discipline,” Christensen said. “This next week is going to be a big one. We just gotta keep doing the same thing that we’ve been doing: sharing the ball and playing defense.”

With the win, Davis rides a five-game high heading into Farmington next week; Syracuse has two dates left to recover from a fourth consecutive loss. Davis closes its regular-season run with road trips to Farmington (Feb. 11) and Weber (Feb. 14); Syracuse travels to Fremont (Feb. 11) and finishes at home vs. Farmington (Feb. 14).

BOX SCORE

Syracuse 8 9 12 15 — 44

Davis 17 26 26 23 — 92

SHS (44): Rountree 12, Hoenigman 11, Trejo 7, Orton 4, Rees 4, Lesset 2, Sohl 2.

DHS (92): Atwater 26, Turley 14, Christensen 13, Moala 12, Sparrow 10, Bessinger 6, Wright 6, Olsen 3, Couser 2.

Connect with prep sports reporter Conner Becker via email at cbecker@standard.net and X @ctbecker.