Two dominant guards in Jakyi Miles and Uriah Tenette are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Mesa Jackrabbits and the Prescott Badgers will face off at 12:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Mesa knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five contests -- so hopefully Prescott likes a good challenge.
Mesa easily dispatched Valley Vista back in December of 2024, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Mesa fell just short of Oakland Tech by a score of 59-56 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Prescott didn't have quite enough to beat Rolling Hills Prep on Thursday and fell 52-50. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Badgers came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 11th in Arizona, while the Huskies are ranked 77th in California).
Mesa's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Prescott, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-4.
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