Preview: Pleasant Grove Vikings vs. Syracuse Titans
The Pleasant Grove Vikings will take on the Syracuse Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pleasant Grove is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Last Friday, Pleasant Grove suffered a rough 63-38 loss at the hands of Lehi. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Pleasant Grove in their matchups with Lehi: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Syracuse can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent game on Friday. They blew past Farmington 60-17 on the road. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 37-11.
Pleasant Grove has traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-12 record this season. As for Syracuse, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
Pleasant Grove didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Syracuse in their previous meeting back in December of 2014, but they still walked away with a 46-41 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Syracuse's Demi Hamblin, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds. Now that she won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for Pleasant Grove to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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