Basketball Game Recap: Orange Glen Patriots vs. Southwest SD Raiders

By Team Reports Dec 9, 2023, 5:57pm

Recap: Orange Glen Patriots vs. Southwest SD Raiders

The Orange Glen Patriots managed to keep up with the Southwest SD Raiders until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Orange Glen's tough 56-30 loss to Southwest SD might stick with them for a while. Orange Glen has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Southwest SD found their leader in underclassman Pilar Carrera, who scored 30 points along with 6 rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which Carrera has scored at least 25% of Southwest SD's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jazlyn Martinez, who scored 9 points along with 5 steals.

Orange Glen's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Southwest SD, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-1.

Orange Glen will head out on the road to face off against Escondido Charter at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Escondido Charter focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Friday. As for Southwest SD, they will be playing at home against Valhalla at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Valhalla is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.