Basketball Recap: Verdugo Hills Comes Up Short Despite William Gharabekyan's Strong Performance

By Team Reports Dec 5, 2024, 9:48am

Basketball Recap: Verdugo Hills Dons vs. Crescenta Valley Falcons

If Verdugo Hills was riding high fresh off their 74-53 takedown of University Prep Value last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Verdugo Hills Dons took a hard 74-55 fall against the Crescenta Valley Falcons on Monday. The loss continues a trend for the Dons in their matchups with the Falcons: they've now lost three in a row.

Despite the loss, Verdugo Hills still got an impressive performance from William Gharabekyan, who dropped a double-double on 28 points and 15 rebounds. Verdugo Hills is 4-2 when Gharabekyan posts ten or more rebounds, but 0-3 otherwise. Charles Palacios was another key player, posting eight points.

Vaughn Zargarian continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Crescenta Valley, dropping a double-double on 36 points and 15 rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which Zargarian has scored at least a third of Crescenta Valley's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Sahagian, who posted 25 points.

Verdugo Hills now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Crescenta Valley, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-3 record.

Verdugo Hills wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 69-46 victory against Canoga Park on the 4th. As for Crescenta Valley, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 99-21 win against University Prep Value on the 3rd.

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