Basketball Game Preview: Desert Sunrise Golden Hawks vs. Somerton Toros

Golden Hawks

Points

12/17/25 @ Moon Valley	60
12/16/25 @ Goldwater	53
12/10/25 @ Marcos de Niza	66
12/05/25 vs Poston Butte	67
12/04/25 @ Cactus	59
+ 7 more games

The Desert Sunrise Golden Hawks will take on the Somerton Toros in a holiday battle at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Desert Sunrise is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.8 points per game this season.

If Somerton heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Desert Sunrise took over last week. The Golden Hawks snuck past Moon Valley with a 60-54 victory on Wednesday.

Desert Sunrise's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kyjaun McCucheon led the charge by putting up 23 points. Cory Yateman was another key player, posting 16 points.

Meanwhile, Somerton came up short against San Luis on Wednesday, falling 68-43. That's two games in a row now that the Toros have lost by exactly 25 points.

Desert Sunrise's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-8. As for Somerton, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.