Basketball Preview: Virgin Valley Bulldogs vs. Snow Canyon Warriors
The Virgin Valley Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the Snow Canyon Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Virgin Valley saw some tournament action on Saturday. They took a 65-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of Spring Creek. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (57), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Snow Canyon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of The Meadows School by a score of 69-66. One positive for the Warriors, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Despite the loss, Snow Canyon got top-tier performance from Reggie Mackay, who went 13 for 21 en route to 32 points plus seven rebounds and six assists. The dominant performance also gave Mackay a new career-high in threes (four). Another player making a difference was Cooper Parker, who had 11 points.
Even though they lost, Snow Canyon smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in five consecutive matches.
Virgin Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Snow Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
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