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La Quinta Palm Desert

Blackhawks

Aztecs

The Palm Desert (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against La Quinta (CA) by a score of 55-28.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
La Quinta	-	-	-	-	28
Palm Desert	-	-	-	-	55

Final score provided by T. Thomas.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Palm Desert (24-25)

La Quinta

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	167	25	8	48	17	20
1	A. Villa-casarrubias (Sr)	15	0	0	1	0	0
3	Keymora Salter (Sr)	30	0	0	2	0	0
4	L. Castro-Galarza (Fr)	27	7	2	18	11	11
10	Melise Moore (Jr)	15	1	0	2	0	0
14	Sophie Barrow (Jr)	29	11	4	12	33	38
24	J. Alvarez-Ladd (Fr)	30	6	2	11	18	27
25	Gabriella Reyes (Jr)	15	0	0	1	0	0
33	Makaila Jenkins (Sr)	2
34	Emily Castillo (So)	4	0	0	1	0	0

Palm Desert

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	22	58	38	45
1	K. Gallagher (So)	18	7	27	26	30
3	Tiffany Chang (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
5	Naomi Plunkett (So)	8	4	5	80	80
15	Sophia French (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
20	Jizelle Roman (Jr)	7	3	3	100	100
21	Isabel Martinez (Jr)	3	1	3	33	50
22	Ava Tethal (Sr)	16	6	16	38	50

La Quinta

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	167	25	3	12	25	6	11	55	5	36	14
1	A. Villa-casarrubias (Sr)	15	0							0	1	0
3	Keymora Salter (Sr)	30	0							0	2	0
4	L. Castro-Galarza (Fr)	27	7	0	3	0	3	6	50	2	15	13
10	Melise Moore (Jr)	15	1				1	2	50	0	2	0
14	Sophie Barrow (Jr)	29	11	1	3	33	2	3	67	3	9	33
24	J. Alvarez-Ladd (Fr)	30	6	2	6	33				0	5	0
25	Gabriella Reyes (Jr)	15	0							0	1	0
33	Makaila Jenkins (Sr)	2
34	Emily Castillo (So)	4	0							0	1	0

Palm Desert

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	8	24	33	3	6	50	14	34	41
1	K. Gallagher (So)	18	2	9	22	2	4	50	5	18	28
3	Tiffany Chang (Jr)	3	1	2	50				0	1	0
5	Naomi Plunkett (So)	8							4	5	80
15	Sophia French (Jr)	0							0	1	0
20	Jizelle Roman (Jr)	7				1	2	50	3	3	100
21	Isabel Martinez (Jr)	3	1	2	50				0	1	0
22	Ava Tethal (Sr)	16	4	11	36				2	5	40

La Quinta

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	167	25	13	15	28	2	7	22
1	A. Villa-casarrubias (Sr)	15	0					1	3
3	Keymora Salter (Sr)	30	0		2	2			1
4	L. Castro-Galarza (Fr)	27	7	2	4	6	1	1	4
10	Melise Moore (Jr)	15	1						3
14	Sophie Barrow (Jr)	29	11	7	6	13		2	5
24	J. Alvarez-Ladd (Fr)	30	6	2	2	4		1	4
25	Gabriella Reyes (Jr)	15	0	1	1	2		2	2
33	Makaila Jenkins (Sr)	2					1
34	Emily Castillo (So)	4	0	1		1

Palm Desert

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	55	41	14	20	2
1	K. Gallagher (So)	18	4	4	10
3	Tiffany Chang (Jr)	3	2	2	4
5	Naomi Plunkett (So)	8	8	1	1	1
15	Sophia French (Jr)	0	4	1		1
20	Jizelle Roman (Jr)	7	7	3	1
21	Isabel Martinez (Jr)	3	2		2
22	Ava Tethal (Sr)	16	14	3	2

La Quinta

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.09	0.32	11
1	A. Villa-casarrubias (Sr)		0.33
3	Keymora Salter (Sr)			2
4	L. Castro-Galarza (Fr)	0.25	0.25	3
14	Sophie Barrow (Jr)		0.40	4
24	J. Alvarez-Ladd (Fr)		0.25	1
25	Gabriella Reyes (Jr)		1.00
34	Emily Castillo (So)			1

Misc Totals

Palm Desert has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

California High School Basketball - La Quinta routed by Palm Desert

January 24, 2025: Palm Desert, CA 92260

Palm Desert Aztecs (Palm Desert, CA) boosters left the game satisfied Friday as they witnessed their basketball squad triumph over the visiting La Quinta Blackhawks (La Quinta, CA), 55-28 in a league match.

With the victory, Palm Desert upgrades its record to 14-7 on the year. The Aztecs travel to Rancho Mirage (Rancho Mirage, CA) to face the Rattlers in a Desert Empire match on Monday, January 27. The Rattlers enter the match with a record of 2-8.

The Blackhawks now sport a 11-10 record. They put it on the line next when they host Palm Springs for a Desert Empire match on Monday, January 27. La Quinta will face a Indians squad coming off a 62-29 league loss to Shadow Hills (Indio, CA). The Indians record now stands at 14-9.

La Quinta @ Palm Desert Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 24, 2025 @ 6:30p

The Palm Desert (CA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against La Quinta (CA) by a score of 55-28.

Rankings & Records

La Quinta (24-25)

CA	Section
764	279

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
13-13	5-5	5-6	4-4	4-3	.500	.500	943	955

Palm Desert (24-25)

CA	Section
426	171

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
19-9	8-2	10-4	7-2	2-3	.679	.800	1,267	1,000

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
La Quinta	8.1	8.0	9.2	12.9	36.3
Palm Desert	9.4	8.8	8.8	9.0	45.3

La Quinta Videos

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Head-to-Head

Palm Desert won on 1/6/2025

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

Palm Desert - - - - 47
La Quinta - - - - 30

The Palm Desert (CA) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against La Quinta (CA) by a score of 47-30.
Box score
Palm Desert won on 1/24/2025

1/24 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

La Quinta - - - - 28
Palm Desert - - - - 55

The La Quinta (CA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Palm Desert (CA) by a score of 55-28.
Box score

1/6 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palm Desert	-	-	-	-	47
La Quinta	-	-	-	-	30

Team Stat Comparison

La Quinta		Palm Desert
36.3	Points Per Game	45.1
29.9	Rebounds Per Game	30.1
7.2	Assists Per Game	10.7
16.8	Steals Per Game	15.6
1.0	Blocks Per Game	0.9

Team Leaders

La Quinta		Palm Desert	National Avg.
#4 Leahnette Castro-Galarza14.2	Points Per Game	#1 Katelyn Gallagher17.0	4.1
#14 Sophie Barrow7.9	Rebounds Per Game	#5 Naomi Plunkett7.5	2.8
#14 Sophie Barrow3.0	Assists Per Game	#1 Katelyn Gallagher4.0	0.9
#4 Leahnette Castro-Galarza5.7	Steals Per Game	#1 Katelyn Gallagher6.5	1.1
#14 Sophie Barrow0.4	Blocks Per Game	#22 Ava Tethal0.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
La Quinta	7-4		Palm Desert	10-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/10/24	La Quinta	Twentynine Palms	(L) 52-33	1/31/25	Twentynine Palms	Palm Desert	(W) 54-48
12/13/24	Yucca Valley	La Quinta	(W) 43-41	12/27/24	Palm Desert	Yucca Valley	(W) 40-34
12/19/24	Indio	La Quinta	(W) 51-22	12/13/24	Palm Desert	Indio	(W) 50-9
				12/30/24	Palm Desert	Indio	(W) 58-11
1/8/25	La Quinta	Palm Springs	(W) 32-27	1/15/25	Palm Springs	Palm Desert	(W) 46-20
1/27/25	Palm Springs	La Quinta	(L) 51-49	2/3/25	Palm Desert	Palm Springs	(W) 51-30
1/13/25	La Quinta	Rancho Mirage	(W) 57-16	1/8/25	Rancho Mirage	Palm Desert	(W) 64-14
1/29/25	Rancho Mirage	La Quinta	(W) 50-25	1/27/25	Palm Desert	Rancho Mirage	(W) 70-26
1/15/25	Xavier Prep	La Quinta	(W) 36-29	1/22/25	Palm Desert	Xavier Prep	(W) 37-36
2/3/25	La Quinta	Xavier Prep	(W) 48-41	2/5/25	Xavier Prep	Palm Desert	(W) 49-28
1/22/25	La Quinta	Shadow Hills	(L) 62-14	1/13/25	Palm Desert	Shadow Hills	(L) 74-25
2/5/25	Shadow Hills	La Quinta	(L) 65-9	1/29/25	Shadow Hills	Palm Desert	(L) 73-26

Record Breakdown

La Quinta (24-25)		Palm Desert (24-25)
13-13	Overall	19-9
5-5	League	8-2
3-3	Non-League	6-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
7-4	Common Opponent	10-2
5-6	Home	10-4
4-4	Away	7-2
4-3	Neutral	2-3
0-1	Playoff	1-1
13-13	In-State	19-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0