The Juab Wasps will head out to take on the Richfield Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Juab will head into Wednesday's match on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking three-point loss in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Delta on Wednesday. Juab blew past Delta 67-47. The Wasps have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Richfield had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.1 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Hawks as they made off with a 63-42 victory. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Hawks are ranked 115th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Richfield is also on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Juab, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 15-5.
Juab came up short against Richfield in their previous matchup on January 8th, falling 51-40. Can Juab avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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