The North Canyon Rattlers and the Gila Ridge Hawks will face off at 7:00 p.m. on January 26th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. The timing is sure in North Canyon's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while Gila Ridge has been banged up by nine consecutive losses on the road.
North Canyon put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Metro Tech 75-32 on the road. With North Canyon ahead 41-21 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Gila Ridge's strategy against San Luis two weeks ago. Gila Ridge blew past San Luis 73-49. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Gila Ridge has posted yet this season.
Gila Ridge got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Easton Sheppeard out in front who scored 22 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Sheppeard has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last three times he's played. Isaac Zaragoza was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
North Canyon is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Gila Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 6-14.
