The Mesa Jackrabbits entered their tilt with the Skyline Coyotes with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. Mesa blew past Skyline 69-32 at home on Friday. Mesa has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 25 points or more this season.
Mesa had a senior duo take command as Conway Cummard scored 15 points along with five assists and five rebounds and Daniel Arnett scored 13 points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Griffin Yamamoto, who scored five points along with three steals.
When it comes to explaining why Skyline lost, one person who can't be blamed is Joseph Fulkerson. Despite the final result, he scored ten points along with five rebounds and two steals. Fulkerson has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played.
Mesa is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Skyline, they dropped their record down to 6-17 with that loss, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Mesa will be playing in front of their home fans against Desert Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. One thing working in Desert Mountain's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season. As for Skyline, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Apache Junction at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Skyline focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 on Friday.
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