Basketball Game Preview: Wasatch Wasps vs. Springville Red Devils

Wasatch is on a eight-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Springville is on a four-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Wasatch Wasps will host the Springville Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wasatch is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54 points per game this season.

Wasatch is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Corner Canyon, who was ranked 21st at the time (Wasatch was ranked tenth). Wasatch was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 55-54 to Corner Canyon.

The match pitted two dominant centers against one another in Mahala Speredon and Aubrey Mulitalo. Mulitalo had a solid game and posted 15 points in addition to seven boards and three steals. Meanwhile, Speredon did her best for the losing side, almost dropping a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds.

Meanwhile, Springville entered their matchup against Clearfield on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Springville fell just short of Clearfield by a score of 43-40. The game marked the Red Devils' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Wasatch will need focus on slowing down Natalie Florence, one of several Springville players who made an impact when they last played. She put up 11 points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Halle Hall, who posted eight points.

Wasatch's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-2. As for Springville, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-2.

Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Wasatch has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 36.5 boards per game. However, it's not like Springville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 30.2 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.

Wasatch beat Springville 44-34 when the teams last played back in February. Does Wasatch have another victory up their sleeve, or will Springville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.