The Desert Mountain Wolves and the Horizon Huskies will meet in a dog eat dog contest at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Desert Mountain is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
On Monday, Desert Mountain was beaten by Campo Verde 76-34. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Coyotes are ranked 26th).
Horizon has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They received a blow on Monday as they fell 40-26 to Arizona College Prep. The contest marked the Huskies' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Horizon's loss dropped their record down to 14-8. As for Desert Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13.
Desert Mountain couldn't quite finish off Horizon in their previous matchup back in December of 2024 and fell 49-47. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Horizon's Peyton Schiltz, who went 7 of 12 en route to 20 points and three blocks. Now that Desert Mountain knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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