The Valley Vikings are taking a road trip to take on the Sierra Vista Mountain Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Valley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Canyon Springs by a score of 72-64.
Sierra Vista has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 75-70 heartbreaker at the hands of Mojave. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (65), the Mountain Lions still had to take the loss.
Valley will have to keep a close watch on Jevon Yapi and Colton Knoll, a pair of players who had a big impact on Sierra Vista's prior game. Yapi went 12 for 25 to rack up 30 points in addition to eight assists and seven boards, while Knoll went 8 of 10 on his way to 19 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. That's the most assists Yapi has posted since back in December of 2024. Another player making a difference was EJ Dacuma, who put up 12 points.
Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-14 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.8 points over those games. As for Sierra Vista, their defeat dropped their record down to 21-5.
Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Sierra Vista when the teams last played back in February of 2022, sneaking past 71-69. Will Valley repeat their success, or does Sierra Vista have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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