Basketball Game Preview: Paradise Honors Panthers vs. Deer Valley Skyhawks

Having just played yesterday, the Paradise Honors Panthers will get right back to it and host the Deer Valley Skyhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Paradise Honors is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.4 points per game this season.

Paradise Honors is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Shadow Mountain: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Paradise Honors blew Shadow Mountain out of the water with a 78-6 final score. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 23 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Paradise Honors to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lizzy Guincho, who went 6 for 15 on her way to 14 points in addition to eight steals and five assists. Guincho has been hot for a while, having posted three or more steals the last 11 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaelyn Perez, who went 7 of 10 on her way to 14 points and six steals.

Paradise Honors smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in four consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Deer Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 54-47 to Pima. While losing is never fun, the Skyhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Roughriders are ranked 50th).

Paradise Honors pushed their record up to 11-4 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.2 points per game. As for Deer Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.