The Sand Creek Scorpions will venture away from home to square off against the Discovery Canyon Thunder at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Sand Creek is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
Sand Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Battle Mountain to the tune of 87-45 on Friday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Scorpions had established a 28 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Discovery Canyon faced Lutheran in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Discovery Canyon fell 66-56 to Lutheran. The Thunder's loss signaled the end of their 12-game winning streak.
Sand Creek will need focus on slowing down Micah Rohacs, one of several Discovery Canyon players who made an impact when they last played. He went 7 of 11 en route to 16 points and five boards. Noah Eckels was another key player, going 7 for 13 on his way to 16 points and seven rebounds.
Sand Creek's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.8 points. As for Discovery Canyon, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 12-2.
Sand Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Discovery Canyon in their previous matchup back in January of 2020, sneaking past 46-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sand Creek since the squad 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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