The Vista PEAK Prep Bison will head out to face off against the Valor Christian Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Vista PEAK Prep is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They snuck past Legacy with a 51-45 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bison.
Meanwhile, Valor Christian waltzed into their matchup last Wednesday with 16 straight wins... but they left with 17. They really took it to the Bears for the full four quarters, racking up a 71-29 victory. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked second in Colorado, while the Bears are ranked 130th in Colorado), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Valor Christian's win came from a few key players Vista PEAK Prep will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Peyton Jones, who went 8-for-13 on her way to 19 points and three steals. Her evening made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Quinn VanSickle, who almost dropped a double-double with 11 points and nine assists.
Valor Christian was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bear Creek only six assists.
Valor Christian's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.3 points over those games. As for Vista PEAK Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 10-13.
Vista PEAK Prep was dealt a bruising 90-22 defeat at the hands of Valor Christian when the teams last played back in March of 2021. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Vista PEAK Prep was down 43-16.
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