Basketball Recap: Palo Verde Falls Short Against Ranked Cimarron-Memorial

On Friday, Palo Verde faced Cimarron-Memorial in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Palo Verde Panthers took a 56-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cimarron-Memorial Spartans. The matchup marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Palo Verde's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Cimarron-Memorial, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.

Palo Verde will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Cimarron-Memorial at 6:30 p.m. on January 3, 2025. As for Cimarron-Memorial, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Spanish Fork at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.