The Mountain View Bruins and the American Leadership Academy Eagles will round out the year against one another at at 11:30 a.m. on Monday. Mountain View is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.4 points per game this season.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Mountain View turned things around against Hillcrest on Saturday. They came out on top against the Huskies by a score of 64-57. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Bruins' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Huskies are ranked 25th).
Mountain View had a senior duo take command as Brennan Olsen went 7 for 11 on his way to 19 points and Coleman Pearson posted 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Goodman, who earned 12 points.
Meanwhile, American Leadership Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 56-45 to Cottonwood. The game marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
American Leadership Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 9-2. As for Mountain View, their win bumped their record up to 4-7.
Mountain View took their victory against American Leadership Academy in their previous matchup back in December of 2018 by a conclusive 68-46. In that contest, Mountain View amassed a halftime lead of 40-20, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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