Two dominant forwards in Brennan Blackett and Jordan Kohler are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Pleasant Grove Vikings will be playing at home against the Skyridge Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Pleasant Grove is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Westlake, who was ranked 14th at the time (Pleasant Grove was ranked 23rd). Pleasant Grove took an 80-62 bruising from Westlake on Friday.
Meanwhile, Skyridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 69-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lehi. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (60), the Falcons still had to take the loss.
Skyridge's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Pleasant Grove, they dropped their record down to 7-9 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Pleasant Grove didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Skyridge in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 71-65 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Kohler, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 12 rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pleasant Grove still be able to contain Kohler? There's only one way to find out.
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