The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles will face off against the Salem Hills Skyhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Maple Mountain is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
On Tuesday, Maple Mountain came up short against Springville and fell 59-49. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Red Devils are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Salem Hills, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They walked away with a 71-63 victory over Spanish Fork on Tuesday.
Salem Hills had a senior duo take command as Jacoby Gustin went 9 for 13 on his way to 18 points and seven rebounds and Kade Moser dropped a double-double on 14 points and 12 boards. The dominant performance gave Moser a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Hardy, who posted 11 points.
Maple Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 7-13. As for Salem Hills, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-12.
Maple Mountain was able to grind out a solid victory over Salem Hills in their previous matchup back in January, winning 58-51. Does Maple Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will Salem Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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