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| 12/05/19 - Home | 100-69 W |
| 11/29/18 - Away | 71-41 W |
| 01/09/15 - Home | 61-60 W |
Desert Edge has gone 3-0 against Youngker recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Desert Edge Scorpions will welcome the Youngker Roughriders at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Desert Edge is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 74 points last Thursday, they were much more limited against Willow Canyon on Wednesday. They were dealt a 66-27 loss at the hands of the Wildcats. The game marked the Scorpions' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Youngker was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They took a 79-61 bruising from Carl Hayden Community. While losing is never fun, the Roughriders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 240th, while the Falcons are ranked 72nd).
Desert Edge's loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Youngker, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.
Everything came up roses for Desert Edge against Youngker when the teams last played back in December of 2019, as the squad secured a 100-69 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Youngker's De'Marion Anderson, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 assists. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Desert Edge to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
