The Mountain Pointe Pride will square off against the Desert Mountain Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Friday, Mountain Pointe blew past Horizon, posting an 81-52 victory. Given the Pride's advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Huskies are ranked 104th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Desert Mountain came up short against Notre Dame Prep on Friday and fell 74-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (62), the Wolves still had to take the loss.
Mountain Pointe is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.6 points over those games. As for Desert Mountain, they now have a losing record of 11-12.
Mountain Pointe beat Desert Mountain 56-43 when the teams last played back in January. Will the Pride repeat their success, or do the Wolves have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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