The Snow Canyon Warriors and the Syracuse Titans will round out the year against one another at at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Snow Canyon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.3 points per game this season.
Snow Canyon is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They fell 56-49 to Pine View. The contest was a 29-29 toss-up at halftime, but the Warriors couldn't quite close it out.
Snow Canyon might have lost, but man, Reggie Mackay was a machine: he posted 17 points and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Gil Lamoreaux, who put up eight points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Syracuse). They blew past Granger 79-45 on Friday. The Titans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three games by 21 points or more this season.
Syracuse's win came from a few key players Snow Canyon will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Beckam Rees, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 18 points. Those 18 points gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Colton Hoenigman, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 10 points and three steals.
Syracuse smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in four consecutive matches.
Syracuse's victory bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Snow Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Snow Canyon has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 23.3 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Syracuse struggles in that department as they've been averaging 25.1 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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