The Dixie Flyers will square off against the Snow Canyon Warriors at 12:50 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Dixie sitting on 11 straight wins and Snow Canyon on three.
With a playoff game on the line, Dixie rose to the challenge on Friday. They claimed a resounding 73-40 win over the Thunder on the road. Given Dixie's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked second, while Desert Hills is ranked 36th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Logan Weidauer and Breckon Robinson were among the main playmakers for Dixie as the former shot 4-for-5 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 25 points and 11 rebounds and the latter went 7 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 28 points and 5 assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Weidauer has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Kyle Lemke, who scored ten points along with eight rebounds and two blocks.
Meanwhile, even though Mountain View scored an imposing 61 points on Friday, Snow Canyon still came out on top. Snow Canyon sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 63-61 victory over Mountain View.
It was another big night for Owen Mackay, who scored 45 points along with six rebounds and two steals. That makes it eight consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Snow Canyon's points. Trey Kelsch was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Dixie has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season. As for Snow Canyon, their victory bumped their record up to 16-7.
Dixie strolled past Snow Canyon when the teams last played on February 9th by a score of 77-60. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mackay, who scored 29 points along with two steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Dixie still be able to contain Mackay? There's only one way to find out.
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