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Palm Desert La Quinta

Aztecs

Blackhawks

The La Quinta (CA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Palm Desert (CA) in overtime by a score of 39-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Palm Desert	5	11	13	5	5	39
La Quinta	13	7	3	11	2	36

Final score provided by A. Emmer.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

La Quinta (23-24)

Palm Desert

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	39	17	59	29	32
1	K. Gallagher (Fr)	15	7	22	32	34
3	O. Lugo-Alvarez (So)	2	1	7	14	14
5	Naomi Plunkett (Fr)	5	2	10	20	20
22	Ava Tethal (Jr)	17	7	17	41	50
23	Alisha Blomgren (So)	0	0	3	0	0

La Quinta

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	36	11	49	22	29
13	Rachael Vu (Jr)		0	2	0	0
14	Sophie Barrow (So)		0	8	0	0
33	Hannah Duncan (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100

Palm Desert

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	39	4	19	21	1	8	13	13	40	33
1	K. Gallagher (Fr)	15	1	5	20	0	4	0	6	17	35
3	O. Lugo-Alvarez (So)	2	0	1	0				1	6	17
5	Naomi Plunkett (Fr)	5	0	2	0	1	4	25	2	8	25
22	Ava Tethal (Jr)	17	3	9	33				4	8	50
23	Alisha Blomgren (So)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0

La Quinta

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	36	6	33	18	8	12	67	5	16	31
13	Rachael Vu (Jr)		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	Sophie Barrow (So)		0	5	0	0	2	0	0	3	0
33	Hannah Duncan (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

Palm Desert

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	39	35	4	14	16
1	K. Gallagher (Fr)	15	3	4	11	5
2	Amy Acuna (So)					1
3	O. Lugo-Alvarez (So)	2	5		1
5	Naomi Plunkett (Fr)	5	10		1	1
15	Noor Diab (Sr)		3			2
22	Ava Tethal (Jr)	17	6			4
23	Alisha Blomgren (So)	0	8		1	3

La Quinta

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	36	11	28	39	7	9	3	23	13
3	Keymora Salter (Jr)		2	3	5	0	0	0	0	4
10	Melise Moore (So)		0	3	3	0	0	0	2	1
13	Rachael Vu (Jr)		1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Sophie Barrow (So)		2	6	8	2	3	0	6	2
33	Hannah Duncan (Jr)	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0

Palm Desert

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.25	0.88
1	K. Gallagher (Fr)	0.80	2.20
5	Naomi Plunkett (Fr)		1.00
23	Alisha Blomgren (So)		0.33

La Quinta

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.30	0.39	0.69	0.23
13	Rachael Vu (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Sophie Barrow (So)	0.33	0.50	1.50	0.00

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Game Story

California High School Basketball - La Quinta nipped by Palm Desert

January 23, 2024: La Quinta, CA 92253

The Palm Desert Aztecs tipped the host La Quinta Blackhawks basketball team by a final score of 39-36 in Tuesday's league game.

In their next game, the Aztecs face the Rancho Mirage Rattlers (Rancho Mirage, CA) in a Desert Empire game, on Thursday, January 25. Palm Desert will attempt to move on its 12-7 season record. The Rattlers enter the game with a 0-18 record after their 67-15 league loss to Xavier Prep (Palm Desert, CA).

With the defeat, La Quinta moves to 11-12 on the year. The Blackhawks host Palm Springs (Palm Springs, CA) to face the Indians in a Desert Empire game on Thursday, January 25. The Indians enter the game with a record of 9-15. Palm Springs lost 81-16 in their recent league game against Shadow Hills (Indio, CA)

Palm Desert @ La Quinta Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 23, 2024 @ 5:15p

The La Quinta (CA) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against Palm Desert (CA) in overtime by a score of 39-36.

Rankings & Records

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

La Quinta (23-24)

CA	Section	State Div.	Sec. Div.
760	285	191	39

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
13-14	4-6	6-5	4-8	3-1	.481	.400	917	1,077

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Palm Desert	7.6	10.0	7.6	9.4	5.0	-	38.6
La Quinta	7.7	8.1	8.9	8.1	5.8	2.0	34.0

Head-to-Head

Palm Desert won on 12/21/2023

12/21 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

La Quinta 0 9 8 9 26
Palm Desert 14 10 7 4 35

The La Quinta (CA) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Palm Desert (CA) by a score of 35-26.
Box score
Palm Desert won on 1/23/2024

1/23 @ 5:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Palm Desert 5 11 13 5 5 39
La Quinta 13 7 3 11 2 36

The Palm Desert (CA) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against La Quinta (CA) in overtime by a score of 39-36.
Box score

12/21 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
La Quinta	0	9	8	9	26
Palm Desert	14	10	7	4	35

Team Stat Comparison

Palm Desert		La Quinta
38.6	Points Per Game	34.4
26.7	Rebounds Per Game	34.5
4.3	Assists Per Game	6.4
18.8	Steals Per Game	13.9
0.1	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

Palm Desert		La Quinta	National Avg.
#1 Katelyn Gallagher20.7	Points Per Game	#14 Sophie Barrow6.8	4.2
#22 Ava Tethal7.5	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Sophie Barrow8.3	2.8
#1 Katelyn Gallagher2.4	Assists Per Game	#14 Sophie Barrow1.7	0.9
#1 Katelyn Gallagher10.1	Steals Per Game	#14 Sophie Barrow3.0	1.1
#1 Katelyn Gallagher0.0	Blocks Per Game	#14 Sophie Barrow0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Palm Desert	4-5		La Quinta	4-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/15/23	Palm Desert	Fontana	(L) 55-28	11/22/23	La Quinta	Fontana	(L) 35-18
12/11/23	Xavier Prep	Palm Desert	(L) 47-28	1/16/24	Xavier Prep	La Quinta	(L) 65-23
1/18/24	Palm Desert	Xavier Prep	(L) 68-28	2/1/24	La Quinta	Xavier Prep	(L) 51-18
1/9/24	Palm Desert	Rancho Mirage	(W) 50-8	1/11/24	Rancho Mirage	La Quinta	(W) 57-25
1/25/24	Rancho Mirage	Palm Desert	(W) 56-9	1/30/24	La Quinta	Rancho Mirage	(W) 39-18
1/11/24	Shadow Hills	Palm Desert	(L) 68-29	12/19/23	Shadow Hills	La Quinta	(L) 53-22
1/30/24	Palm Desert	Shadow Hills	(L) 56-17	1/18/24	La Quinta	Shadow Hills	(L) 59-16
1/22/24	Palm Springs	Palm Desert	(W) 42-16	1/9/24	La Quinta	Palm Springs	(W) 34-33
2/1/24	Palm Desert	Palm Springs	(W) 43-25	1/25/24	Palm Springs	La Quinta	(W) 32-23

Record Breakdown

Palm Desert (23-24)		La Quinta (23-24)
15-9	Overall	13-14
6-4	League	4-6
7-1	Non-League	3-5
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
4-5	Common Opponent	4-5
9-4	Home	6-5
5-4	Away	4-8
1-1	Neutral	3-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
15-9	In-State	13-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1