A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Maeser Prep Academy Lions duke it out with the Milford Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday... The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Maeser Prep Academy has struggled recently with four defeats in a row, while Milford will arrive with eight straight wins.
Two weeks ago, Maeser Prep Academy came up short against Providence Hall and fell 51-40. The Lions were down 44-21 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Milford). They ended the year with a bang, routing Rockwell 76-53 on Saturday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 37th, while the Marshals are ranked 129th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Milford's win came from a few key players Maeser Prep Academy will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Kielen Tsosie, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds. He has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Sadler Barnes was another key player, shooting 6-for-9 from deep and dropping a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds.
Milford smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in eight consecutive contests.
Milford pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.4 points per game. As for Maeser Prep Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.
Maeser Prep Academy opened the new year with a less-than-successful 50-38 defeat to Milford. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Barnes, who posted 16 points along with eight steals and five assists. Now that Maeser Prep Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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