Clearfield is 0-4 against Bountiful since January of 2015 but things could change on Wednesday. The Clearfield Falcons will square off against the Bountiful RedHawks at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Clearfield is headed into Wednesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Friday. They fell 71-64 to Roy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (56), the Falcons still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Bountiful entered their tilt with Bonneville on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Lakers with a sharp 69-49 win. Given the RedHawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Lakers are ranked 72nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bountiful's win came from a few key players Clearfield will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Davey Howe, who went 8 of 14 on his way to 21 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lincoln Smith, who went 6 of 10 on his way to 16 points.
Bountiful pushed their record up to 10-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.3 points per game. As for Clearfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Clearfield took a serious blow against Bountiful when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 76-48. Can Clearfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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