The East Leopards will head out on the road to challenge the Skyline Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
East is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Alta on Tuesday. East took a 59-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Alta. While losing is never fun, the Leopards can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Hawks are ranked 14th).
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Skyline duked it out withAlta on Thursday. Skyline received a blow as they fell 53-34 to Alta. The match marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
East's loss dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Skyline, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-9.
East came up short against Skyline in their previous meeting on January 10th, falling 69-58. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Skyline's Andrew Lindquist, who went 7 for 14 on his way to 25 points along with seven boards and four steals. Now that East knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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