Desert Vista is on a nine-game streak of home wins, while Dobson is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Desert Vista Thunder will take on the Dobson Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Desert Vista's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last seven contests.
Desert Vista stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Red Mountain, posting a 74-27 victory at home. Given Desert Vista's advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked first, while Red Mountain is ranked 50th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Trinity Jones and Shay Ijiwoye were among the main playmakers for Desert Vista as the former scored 25 points along with four steals and the latter dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 assists. Eanae Dagons was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Dobson didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Kellis on Tuesday, but they still walked away with a 53-49 victory.
Desert Vista has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Dobson, their victory bumped their record up to 20-7.
Desert Vista came up short against Dobson in their previous matchup back in November of 2017, falling 48-36. Thankfully for Desert Vista, Amaya Leon (who scored ten points along with six steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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