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Kaysville • It was senior night, it was a rivalry game and a region title was on the line. Davis didn't need any more motivation to blow past heated rival Viewmont in the fourth quarter for a 62-46 upset win in front of a packed gym.

"I couldn't have asked for anything more," Davis forward Taylor Day said. "It was senior night, it was the last quarter, we put it all on the court and left it all out there. Hard work pays off in the end."

Day personified hard work in the fourth quarter as the senior racked up seven points, two offensive boards and two steals in the final period to help Davis outscore Viewmont 19-7 before any garbage-time scoring. With under two minutes remaining in the game, Day had an offensive put-back then followed it with a steal that led to an easy layup to give the Darts a 58-40 lead with 47.5 seconds remaining in the highly charged contest.

"I was ready to go in," Day said about the fourth quarter. "The first half was kind of rough, but I was ready to tear it up when I got back in."

Day's explosive performance was supplemented by fellow senior Ben Rigby, who was one free throw short of a double-double with 10 rebounds and nine points. With just over four minutes remaining, Rigby gave Davis its first double-digit lead when the bruising big man outworked all of Viewmont's interior to get three looks at the basket with two offensive rebounds. The third shot finally found net as Davis took a 50-40 lead and never looked back.

"Some nights the ball bounces my way, but rebounding is about hustle and I really wanted to win this game," Rigby said. "This was my last game here at Davis, it was against our rival, so I guess that was making me play harder."

Rigby, who struggled to get many touches against a suffocating interior defense from the Vikings, said that rebounding was the best way to help his team maintain a steady offensive rhythm throughout the game.

"[Viewmont] has a really good zone [defense] working for them," Rigby said. "Our perimeter guys had to take a lot of shots, but I was able to get us some second-chance points, which really helped us out in the end. I was getting frustrated missing some of those looks, but they finally started going down."

Some of Rigby's easiest looks at the basket came via the hands of Tyson Garff, who had his way against the Viewmont defense on inbounds plays. The sophomore guard racked up five of Davis' 11 assists on the night and found open teammates cutting through the Viewmont zone from the baseline.

"Those are things we practice all the time, and there's things we're looking for to work," Garff said. "They ran their zone, and we're just trying to pick it apart with our plays. Those plays were really important, and they gave us some easy baskets. We took the energy from those and kept running."

While a rivalry win is always a nice confidence boost, the Darts want to prove they can play at the same level when it really matters — in the opening of the state tournament next week.

"We're excited," Garff said. "That's a good win, but we've got to go get the next one though. We have to bring the energy and passion that we had this game and bring it to the big stage."