Taylorsville • Layton capped a day of blowouts with a 62-24 throttling of Kearns in the final first-round game of the Class 6A girls’ basketball state tournament Tuesday night.
Senior Kaitlyn Viator scored 13 points and Layton used a 27-0 run in the first half to end the suspense early, a theme throughout most of the day.
Only two of the eight games played Tuesday were decided by fewer than 15 points, and the average margin of victory was a whopping 22 points.
Layton (15-6) advanced to meet Copper Hills (21-2) in a matchup of heavyweights in Thursday’s state quarterfinals.