After both having extra time off, the Lone Peak Knights and the Brighton Bengals will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Lone Peak is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Skyridge, who was ranked first at the time (Lone Peak was ranked fifth). The Knights lost 3-0 to the Falcons last Friday. The Knights' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
While Lone Peak ultimately came up short, they really made Skyridge work, particularly in the second set. The final score came out to 25-18, 27-25, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Brighton came up short against Bountiful on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
While Brighton was not able to win a set, they sure kept things interesting: every set was decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-22, 25-23.
Lone Peak's loss dropped their record down to 17-10. As for Brighton, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-14.
Lone Peak came out on top in a nail-biter against Brighton in their previous matchup back in November of 2016, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Bengals have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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