Recap: Snow Canyon Warriors vs. Mountain View Bruins
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Snow Canyon Warriors had no problem doing just that on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 63-61 win over the Bruins. The win was familiar territory for Snow Canyon who now have three in a row.
Owen Mackay was his usual excellent self, scoring 45 points along with six rebounds and two steals. That makes it eight consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Snow Canyon's points. Trey Kelsch was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Mountain View lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Bryce Mella, who scored 24 points along with five assists and three steals. That was a full 39.3% of Mountain View's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Conner Fairbanks, who scored 22 points.
Snow Canyon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Mountain View, their loss dropped their record down to 15-10.
Snow Canyon is on the road again on Monday and plays Dixie at 12:50 p.m. on February 26th. Dixie knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 19 matchups -- so hopefully Snow Canyon likes a good challenge. Mountain View does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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