Kearns has won six straight games at home, while Juan Diego Catholic has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Kearns Cougars will host the Juan Diego Catholic Soaring Eagle at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Kearns will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating West Jordan, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Kearns came out on top against West Jordan by a score of 72-63 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Juan Diego Catholic made easy work of Hunter on Friday and carried off a 67-46 win. Given the Soaring Eagle's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Wolverines are ranked 91st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Juan Diego Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.1 points over those games. As for Kearns, their victory bumped their record up to 12-9.
Kearns came up short against Juan Diego Catholic in their previous matchup back in January, falling 57-53. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Juan Diego Catholic's Luke Meyer, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten boards. Now that Kearns 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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