The Mountain View Bruins will challenge the Desert Hills Thunder at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses apiece.
Last Friday, Mountain View came up short against Provo and fell 74-67.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Coleman Pearson, who posted 19 points. What's more, he also racked up two blocks, the most he's had since back in November of 2024. Another player making a difference was Kevin Lewis, who put up 15 points and five boards.
Meanwhile, Desert Hills fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Dixie on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 59-58 to the Flyers.
Like Mountain View, Desert Hills lost despite seeing results from several players. Jack Openshaw led the charge by going 8 of 13 to rack up 24 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Rasmussen, who scored 11 points and eight rebounds.
Desert Hills now has a losing record at 11-12. As for Mountain View, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-16.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Mountain View has been crashing the boards this season, having averaged 23.8 boards per game. However, it's not like Desert Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 24.4 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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