Basketball Recap: Pilar Carrera Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Sweetwater

Raiders

Margin (Wins)

12/14/24 @ Orange Glen	43
12/10/24 vs High Tech CV	36
01/17/25 vs Sweetwater	34
12/06/24 @ Clairemont	33
01/29/25 @ San Ysidro	32

Southwest SD won the last time they faced Sweetwater and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Southwest SD Raiders put the hurt on the Sweetwater Red Devils with a sharp 50-25 victory. The Raiders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 20 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Southwest SD to victory, but perhaps none more so than Pilar Carrera, who posted 12 points. Natalie Kim-Cardenas was another key player, putting up eight points.

Southwest SD has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Sweetwater, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-12.

Southwest SD will square off against Tri-City Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Southwest SD sitting on four straight wins and Tri-City Christian on six. Sweetwater has already played their next contest (against Castle Park), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.