The Snow Canyon Warriors's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Dixie Flyers at 12:50 p.m. on February 26th. One thing working in Snow Canyon's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last nine matches.
Snow Canyon had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Mountain View 63-61. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
It was another big night for Owen Mackay, who scored 45 points along with six rebounds and two steals. That makes it eight consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Snow Canyon's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Trey Kelsch, who scored ten points.
Meanwhile, Dixie had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.6 points), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They breezed by Desert Hills on the road to the tune of 73-40. Given Dixie's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked second, while Desert Hills is ranked 36th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dixie had a senior duo take command as Breckon Robinson went 7 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 28 points and 5 assists and Logan Weidauer shot 4-for-5 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 25 points and 11 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Weidauer has scored all season. Kyle Lemke was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with eight rebounds and two blocks.
Snow Canyon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Dixie, their win bumped their record up to 22-3.
Things could have been worse for Snow Canyon, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 77-60 loss to Dixie in their previous matchup on February 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lemke, who scored 26 points along with seven rebounds and four blocks. Now that Snow Canyon 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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