The Verrado Vipers will take on the Mountain Pointe Pride at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Verrado is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing North Canyon: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Verrado blew North Canyon out of the water with an 80-43 final score. The Vipers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Mountain Pointe had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They took down the Wolves 59-45. Given the Pride's advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Wolves are ranked 107th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Verrado's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-9. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36.5 points. As for Mountain Pointe, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.
Verrado couldn't quite finish off Mountain Pointe in their previous meeting back in November of 2022 and fell 72-70. Will Verrado have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
