Basketball Recap: Xavier Prep Sets Scoring Season-High Against Coachella Valley

Saints

Team Score

12/20/24 @ Coachella Valley	68
12/13/24 vs Cathedral City	63
11/22/24 vs Desert Christian Academy	62
12/12/24 vs Twentynine Palms	49
12/16/24 vs Yucca Valley	45

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Xavier Prep). They had just enough and edged the Coachella Valley Mighty Arabs out 68-66. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Saints' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 939th, while the Mighty Arabs are ranked 318th).

Despite the loss, Coachella Valley had strong showings from Israel Garcia, who posted 23 points, and Franky Aguirre, who scored 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mark Gonzalez, who put up six points.

Xavier Prep has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.6 points per game. As for Coachella Valley, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2.

Xavier Prep and Stevenson will round out the year against one another at at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Coachella Valley, they will finish 2024 at home by hosting Palo Verde Valley at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.