The Box Elder Bees will square off against the Woods Cross Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Box Elder is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.6 points per game this season.
Box Elder is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Bountiful just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They were beaten by the RedHawks 74-44. While losing is never fun, the Bees can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the RedHawks are ranked 18th).
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Box Elder's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Mayson Jeppsen, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 17 points and six boards, and Ryan Jenson, who posted 13 points and five rebounds. What's more, Jenson also racked up two steals, the most he's had since back in November of 2024.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Woods Cross beat Bonneville 45-40 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Woods Cross has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for Box Elder, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-13.
Box Elder came up short against Woods Cross in their previous matchup on January 3rd, falling 64-51. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Woods Cross' Hunter Jackson, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 13 boards. Now that Box Elder 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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