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Palm Springs Palm Desert

Indians

Aztecs

The Palm Desert (CA) varsity basketball team won Monday's home conference game against Palm Springs (CA) by a score of 42-16.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palm Springs	1	8	5	2	16
Palm Desert	12	14	2	14	42

Final score provided by A. Emmer.

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Game Stats

Palm Desert (23-24)

Palm Springs

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	16	7
2	Miley Flores (Fr)	3	1
13	Monique Yepiz (Sr)	1
23	Eiresslee Wells (Jr)	8	4
25	Naomi Bote (Sr)	2	1
32	Jizelle Avelar (Fr)	2	1

Palm Desert

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	42	20	46	43	46
1	K. Gallagher (Fr)	22	11	22	50	50
3	O. Lugo-Alvarez (So)	0	0	2	0	0
5	Naomi Plunkett (Fr)	2	1	4	25	25
21	Isabel Martinez (So)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Ava Tethal (Jr)	8	3	10	30	40
23	Alisha Blomgren (So)	10	5	7	71	71

Palm Springs

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	16	1	1	7	14	6
2	Miley Flores (Fr)	3	1
11	Shayla Bates (Fr)	0		0	2	0
13	Monique Yepiz (Sr)	1		1	2	50
23	Eiresslee Wells (Jr)	8		0	2	0	4
25	Naomi Bote (Sr)	2		0	1	0	1
32	Jizelle Avelar (Fr)	2					1

Palm Desert

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	42	2	10	20	0	2	0	18	36	50
1	K. Gallagher (Fr)	22	0	1	0				11	21	52
3	O. Lugo-Alvarez (So)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
5	Naomi Plunkett (Fr)	2							1	4	25
21	Isabel Martinez (So)	0	0	1	0
22	Ava Tethal (Jr)	8	2	6	33				1	4	25
23	Alisha Blomgren (So)	10	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	6	83

Palm Springs

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	16	37	3	11	4
2	Miley Flores (Fr)	3	2	1	2
3	Aja Walker (Fr)		2	1	1
11	Shayla Bates (Fr)	0	9		2	2
12	X. Diaz-DeLeon (So)		1
13	Monique Yepiz (Sr)	1	3	1	2
21	Kaia Najjar (Sr)		1
23	Eiresslee Wells (Jr)	8	9		3
24	Rose Wells (Jr)		2
25	Naomi Bote (Sr)	2	4			1
32	Jizelle Avelar (Fr)	2	4		1	1

Palm Desert

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	42	29	4	26	15
1	K. Gallagher (Fr)	22	4	2	10	7
2	Amy Acuna (So)		2
3	O. Lugo-Alvarez (So)	0	1			1
5	Naomi Plunkett (Fr)	2	6	2	3	3
21	Isabel Martinez (So)	0	1		3
22	Ava Tethal (Jr)	8	10		2	1
23	Alisha Blomgren (So)	10	5		8	3

Misc Totals

Palm Springs has not entered any misc totals stats.

Palm Desert

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.27	1.73
1	K. Gallagher (Fr)	0.29	1.43
5	Naomi Plunkett (Fr)	0.67	1.00
22	Ava Tethal (Jr)		2.00
23	Alisha Blomgren (So)		2.67

Game Story

California High School Basketball - Palm Desert overwhelms Palm Springs

January 22, 2024: Palm Desert, CA 92260

Fans at Monday's league challenge between the Palm Desert Aztecs (Palm Desert, CA) and the visiting Palm Springs Indians (Palm Springs, CA), saw Palm Desert's basketball squad wallop Palm Springs by a tally of 42-16.

With the victory, Palm Desert improves its record to 11-7 on the campaign. The Aztecs travel to La Quinta (La Quinta, CA) to play the Blackhawks in a Desert Empire challenge on Tuesday, January 23. The Blackhawks come into the challenge with a record of 11-11. La Quinta lost 59-16 in their recent league challenge against Shadow Hills (Indio, CA)

Next up, the Indians play the Shadow Hills Knights (Indio, CA) in a Desert Empire challenge, on Tuesday, January 23. Palm Springs will attempt to improve on its 9-14 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 19-4 record after their 41-33 non-league win over Los Altos (Hacienda Heights, CA).

Players of the Game

Palm Springs (23-24)

Congratulations to #23 Eiresslee Wells for being selected the Palm Springs Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Palm Desert (23-24)

Palm Desert has not selected any Players of the Game.

Palm Springs @ Palm Desert Basketball Game Info

Mon., Jan. 22, 2024 @ 6:30p

Varsity Girls Basketball

The Palm Desert (CA) varsity basketball team won Monday's home conference game against Palm Springs (CA) by a score of 42-16.

Rankings & Records

Palm Springs (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
977	356	123	41

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
9-18	2-8	4-6	5-6	0-6	.333	.200	800	1,022

Palm Desert (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
577	227	90	15

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-9	6-4	9-4	5-4	1-1	.625	.600	927	843

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Palm Springs	7.5	8.2	8.3	6.6	4.5	29.6
Palm Desert	7.6	10.0	7.6	9.4	5.0	38.6

Head-to-Head

Palm Desert won on 1/22/2024

1/22 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Palm Springs 1 8 5 2 16
Palm Desert 12 14 2 14 42

The Palm Springs (CA) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away conference game against Palm Desert (CA) by a score of 42-16.
Box score
Palm Desert won on 2/1/2024

2/1 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Palm Desert 8 8 12 15 43
Palm Springs 12 7 4 2 25

The Palm Desert (CA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against Palm Springs (CA) by a score of 43-25.
Box score

2/1 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palm Desert	8	8	12	15	43
Palm Springs	12	7	4	2	25

Team Stat Comparison

Palm Springs		Palm Desert
29.6	Points Per Game	38.6
41.1	Rebounds Per Game	26.7
8.9	Assists Per Game	4.3
14.1	Steals Per Game	18.8
6.2	Blocks Per Game	0.1

Team Leaders

Palm Springs		Palm Desert	National Avg.
#23 Eiresslee Wells7.0	Points Per Game	#1 Katelyn Gallagher20.7	4.2
#11 Shayla Bates11.3	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Ava Tethal7.5	2.8
#13 Monique Yepiz2.4	Assists Per Game	#1 Katelyn Gallagher2.4	0.9
#25 Naomi Bote3.1	Steals Per Game	#1 Katelyn Gallagher10.1	1.1
#32 Jizelle Avelar2.4	Blocks Per Game	#1 Katelyn Gallagher0.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Palm Springs	3-8		Palm Desert	7-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Riverside Prep	Palm Springs	(L) 41-29	2/8/24	Riverside Prep	Palm Desert	(W) 56-46
11/27/23	Palm Springs	Desert Hot Springs	(L) 44-37	11/30/23	Desert Hot Springs	Palm Desert	(W) 47-28
12/11/23	Banning	Palm Springs	(W) 40-35	1/3/24	Palm Desert	Banning	(W) 51-23
12/19/23	Palm Springs	Rancho Mirage	(W) 52-4	1/9/24	Palm Desert	Rancho Mirage	(W) 50-8
1/18/24	Rancho Mirage	Palm Springs	(W) 42-12	1/25/24	Rancho Mirage	Palm Desert	(W) 56-9
12/21/23	Shadow Hills	Palm Springs	(L) 77-18	1/11/24	Shadow Hills	Palm Desert	(L) 68-29
1/23/24	Palm Springs	Shadow Hills	(L) 81-16	1/30/24	Palm Desert	Shadow Hills	(L) 56-17
1/9/24	La Quinta	Palm Springs	(L) 34-33	12/21/23	La Quinta	Palm Desert	(W) 35-26
1/25/24	Palm Springs	La Quinta	(L) 32-23	1/23/24	Palm Desert	La Quinta	(W) 39-36
1/11/24	Palm Springs	Xavier Prep	(L) 55-24	12/11/23	Xavier Prep	Palm Desert	(L) 47-28
1/30/24	Xavier Prep	Palm Springs	(L) 64-19	1/18/24	Palm Desert	Xavier Prep	(L) 68-28

Record Breakdown

Palm Springs (23-24)		Palm Desert (23-24)
9-18	Overall	15-9
2-8	League	6-4
6-3	Non-League	7-1
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-8	Common Opponent	7-4
4-6	Home	9-4
5-6	Away	5-4
0-6	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
9-18	In-State	15-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0