Basketball Game Preview: Lone Peak Knights vs. Pleasant Grove Vikings

The Lone Peak Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the Pleasant Grove Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lone Peak is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.1 points per game this season.

Lone Peak is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Westlake, who was ranked 12th at the time (Lone Peak was ranked 13th). Lone Peak took down Westlake 50-35 on Friday.

Jackson Taylor went supernova for Lone Peak, going 7 for 11 on his way to 23 points and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Samuel Suarez, who went 6 of 8 en route to 13 points.

Meanwhile, Pleasant Grove was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 74-68 to Lehi. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (65), the Vikings still had to take the loss.

Lone Peak will have to contain Ty Palmer as he made an impact in Pleasant Grove's last game. He went 9 for 11 on his way to 22 points. The game was Palmer's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Hudson Guthrie, who went 5 of 7 en route to 11 points.

Pleasant Grove's loss dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Lone Peak, their victory bumped their record up to 10-7.

Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Lone Peak has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 29.2 boards per game. However, it's not like Pleasant Grove struggles in that department as they've been averaging 23.3 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.

Lone Peak didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Pleasant Grove in their previous matchup on January 10th, but they still walked away with an 81-75 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Pleasant Grove's Brennan Blackett, who went 7 for 9 from beyond the arc on his way to 32 points and three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lone Peak still be able to contain Blackett? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.