The Mountain View Bruins are taking a road trip to challenge the Provo Bulldogs at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Mountain View is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Payson just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 56-49 to the Lions. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Lions are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, Provo made easy work of Orem on Friday and carried off a 54-29 win. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 25 points or more this season.
Mountain View better keep an eye on Sage Yenchik. She was instrumental in Provo's win, going 5 of 12 on her way to 21 points and eight steals. Those eight steals gave Yenchik a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Sutton Villa, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds.
Provo pushed their record up to 15-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.9 points. As for Mountain View, their defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 10-5.
Mountain View came up short against Provo when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 49-36. Can Mountain View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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