Basketball Recap: Deer Valley Comes Up Short

Deer Valley lost against Freedom back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Deer Valley Wolverines lost to the Freedom Falcons at home by a 77-59 margin. The Wolverines were down 65-45 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Dominic Dolojan

Points (Career)

02/13/25 vs Freedom	14
12/27/24 @ Irvington	13
01/21/25 @ Freedom	10
01/13/25 @ Armijo	10
12/26/24 @ Granada	10

Defeat or not, Deer Valley got some senior leadership from Carter Williams and Dominic Dolojan. Williams almost dropped a double-double with 22 points and nine rebounds, while Dolojan posted 14 points along with five boards and four steals. The dominant performance gave Dolojan a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Lucas Vazquez, who earned nine points.

Deer Valley has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine games, which has put a noticeable dent in their 4-21 record this season. As for Freedom, their win bumped their record up to 10-16.

Deer Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Freedom, they will venture away from home to square off against Branson at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Branson knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten matches -- so hopefully Freedom likes a good challenge.