Wasatch is on a ten-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Salem Hills is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Wasatch Wasps will welcome the Salem Hills Skyhawks at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Wasatch is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Cedar Valley, who was ranked 17th at the time (Wasatch was ranked eighth). Wasatch enjoyed a cozy 60-46 victory over Cedar Valley on Friday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Salem Hills). They blew past Maple Mountain 68-48 on Friday. With that win, the Skyhawks brought their scoring average up to 50.6 points per game.
Salem Hills had a senior duo take command as Chenielle Nye almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds and Brooke Warren went 8 for 13 en route to 19 points in addition to seven boards and five assists. The match was Warren's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Reagan Beck, who posted 11 points.
Salem Hills smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 19 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Salem Hills has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.4 points per game. As for Wasatch, their victory bumped their record up to 13-2.
Wasatch didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Salem Hills in their previous matchup two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 47-42 win. Does Wasatch have another victory up their sleeve, or will Salem Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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