A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Hurricane Tigers duke it out with the Pine View Panthers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday... Hurricane will be strutting in after a win while Pine View will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with 12 defeats in a row, Hurricane turned things around against Dixie on Thursday. They came out on top against the Flyers by a score of 66-54. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Tigers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Flyers are ranked 28th).
Meanwhile, Pine View didn't have quite enough to beat Desert Hills on Tuesday and fell 50-47. The Panthers have struggled against the Thunder recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Hurricane will need focus on slowing down Ella Fiefia, one of several Pine View players who made an impact when they last played. She went 6 for 10 on her way to 15 points and seven rebounds. Fiefia is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last ten games she's played. Another player making a difference was Reese Gustin, who posted 11 points and five boards.
Pine View's loss dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Hurricane, their win was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 4-14.
Hurricane came up short against Pine View when the teams last played last Thursday, falling 59-46. Can Hurricane avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
