Juab is 2-8 against Canyon View since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Juab Wasps will face off against the Canyon View Falcons at 5:50 p.m. Juab has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Juab is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Manti 49-46.
Meanwhile, Canyon View waltzed into their match on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Soaring Eagle 64-38. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Soaring Eagle are ranked 104th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Canyon View's win came from a few key players Juab will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Maylee Spencer, who went 7-for-14 to rack up 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Bethanee Vargas, who posted ten points in addition to five assists and five rebounds.
Canyon View pushed their record up to 19-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.9 points over those games. As for Juab, their win bumped their record up to 14-8.
Things could have been worse for Juab, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 58-43 loss to Canyon View when the teams last played back in January. Can Juab avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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