The Cedar Valley Aviators will challenge the Alta Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Cedar Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Salem Hills, who was ranked tenth at the time (Cedar Valley was ranked 18th). Cedar Valley came out on top against Salem Hills by a score of 56-45 on Friday.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Alta had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They walked away with a 58-47 win over the Eagles. The victory continues a trend for the Hawks in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now won five in a row.
Cedar Valley better keep an eye on Alia Baldassano. She was instrumental in Alta's win, putting up 26 points. Baldassano is becoming a predictor of Alta's success: when she posts at least 15 points the team is 7-2 (and 7-8 when she doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Quincy Kegel, who posted 11 points.
Alta pushed their record up to 14-10 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points over those games. As for Cedar Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
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