The Sierra Vista Mountain Lions will square off against the Valley Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Sierra Vista's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 16 games.
Sierra Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Mojave, who was ranked fifth at the time (Sierra Vista was ranked third). Sierra Vista took a 75-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mojave. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (65), the Mountain Lions still had to take the loss.
Jevon Yapi
| 02/06/25 @ Mojave | 30 |
| 02/04/25 @ Bishop Gorman | 16 |
| 02/03/25 vs Amplus Academy | 17 |
Defeat or not, Sierra Vista got some senior leadership from Jevon Yapi and Colton Knoll. Yapi went 12 of 25 on his way to 30 points in addition to eight assists and seven rebounds, while Knoll went 8 for 10 en route to 19 points along with eight boards and three steals. Yapi's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Another player making a difference was EJ Dacuma, who posted 12 points.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and Valley had no trouble coming through when it counted. They walked away with a 72-64 victory over Canyon Springs on Friday.
Valley has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-14 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.8 points over those games. As for Sierra Vista, their loss dropped their record down to 21-5.
Sierra Vista couldn't quite finish off Valley when the teams last played back in February of 2022 and fell 71-69. Can Sierra Vista avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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