Preview: Salem Hills Skyhawks vs. Springville Red Devils
The Salem Hills Skyhawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Springville Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Salem Hills' favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last ten games.
Salem Hills pushed their score all the way to 66 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 70-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wasatch.
Loss or not, Salem Hills got some senior leadership from Kolby Dyches and Chase Degraffenried. Dyches went 6 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 21 points and 0 assists, while Degraffenried. scored 21 points along with two steals. Dyches is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. The team also got some help courtesy of Kason Averett, who scored 11 points.
Meanwhile, Springville had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 points), and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They walked away with a 90-82 victory over Maple Mountain. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Salem Hills' loss was their eighth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-14. As for Springville, their victory bumped their record up to 14-8.
Salem Hills lost to Springville at home by a decisive 73-57 margin in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Springville's Jamyn Sondrup, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Salem Hills knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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