Basketball Recap: Palm Desert Sets Scoring Season-High Against Rancho Mirage

Aztecs

Team Score

01/27/25 @ Rancho Mirage	70
01/17/25 vs Tahquitz	68
01/08/25 vs Rancho Mirage	64
12/03/24 vs Desert Hot Springs	59
12/19/24 vs Elsinore	58

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palm Desert). They blew past the Rancho Mirage Rattlers, posting a 70-26 victory. The Aztecs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matchups by 23 points or more this season.

Palm Desert's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Tiffany Chang led the charge by going 7 of 16 en route to 18 points and four steals. Those 18 points gave Chang a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Tethal, who went 6 for 12 on her way to 17 points in addition to six boards and five assists.

Palm Desert is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.5 points per game. As for Rancho Mirage, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-10.

Palm Desert will welcome Shadow Hills at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Shadow Hills sitting on seven straight wins and Palm Desert on five. As for Rancho Mirage, they are taking a road trip to challenge La Quinta at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Rancho Mirage is facing La Quinta at the right time seeing as La Quinta is stuck on a three-game losing streak.