Desert Hills is 2-8 against Snow Canyon since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Desert Hills Thunder will venture away from home to challenge the Snow Canyon Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Wednesday, Desert Hills was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 61-56 to Dixie. The Thunder have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the defeat, Desert Hills got top-tier performance from Ben Chase, who went 6 for 8 en route to 19 points and five boards. Chase continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Freeman Springer was another key player, putting up ten points.
Meanwhile, Snow Canyon didn't have quite enough to beat Hurricane on Wednesday and fell 60-58. Even though they lost, the Warriors' still made a splash on offense and bumped their average scoring up to 50.1 points per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Reggie Mackay and Brigham Kemp. Kemp had a solid game and went 6 of 14 on his way to 13 points. Meanwhile, Mackay did his best for the losing side, dropping a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Snow Canyon dropped their record down to 4-13 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Desert Hills, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7.
Desert Hills strolled past Snow Canyon in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a score of 57-40. The rematch might be a little tougher for Desert Hills since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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