Two dominant centers in Martha Jessop and Rylee Little are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Water Canyon Wildcats will be playing at home against the Kanab Cowboys at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Water Canyon has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight defeats, while Kanab will come in with ten straight wins.
Water Canyon is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Millard on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Water Canyon lost 60-35 to Millard. The Wildcats were down 50-25 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Kanab's strategy against Enterprise on Tuesday. Kanab enjoyed a cozy 60-43 victory over Enterprise. Given the Cowboys' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Wolves are ranked 62nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kanab pushed their record up to 13-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.6 points. As for Water Canyon, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Water Canyon was taken down by Kanab 83-25 in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Water Canyon was down 55-15.
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