Desert Hills is 2-8 against Snow Canyon since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Desert Hills Thunder will stay at home for another game and welcome the Snow Canyon Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on February 16th. Desert Hills knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past five matchups -- so hopefully Snow Canyon likes a good challenge.
Desert Hills pushed their score all the way to 62 on Wednesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Dixie 67-62. Desert Hills has struggled against Dixie recently, as their matchup on Wednesday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Desert Hills might have lost, but man, Eli Allred was a machine: he scored 30 points along with five rebounds and two steals. That was a full 48.4% of Desert Hills' points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Jackson Holman, who scored 11 points.
Meanwhile, even though Hurricane scored an imposing 56 points on Wednesday, Snow Canyon still came out on top. Snow Canyon managed a 61-56 victory over Hurricane. Given Snow Canyon's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while Hurricane is ranked 85th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Owen Mackay was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 14 rebounds. That makes it six consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Snow Canyon's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Reggie Mackay, who scored 13 points.
Desert Hills' defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-9. As for Snow Canyon, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
Friday's game is shaping up to be a masterclass in shooting: Desert Hills have been dynamite from deep this season, having nailed 45.9% of their threes per game. However, it's not like Snow Canyon struggles in that department as they've made 46.1% of their threes this season. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Desert Hills came up short against Snow Canyon when the teams last played back in January, falling 64-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mackay, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. Now that Desert Hills knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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