Basketball Preview: Marcos de Niza Padres vs. Moon Valley Rockets
The Marcos de Niza Padres just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Moon Valley Rockets at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Marcos de Niza focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 16 on Thursday.
Marcos de Niza will head into Thursday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Tempe on Thursday, but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 83-point defeat they were dealt on Tuesday. Marcos de Niza fell just short of Tempe by a score of 35-33. The Padres have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Marcos de Niza's loss came about despite a quality game from Leila Rodriguez, who went 5 for 12 en route to 11 points plus five rebounds and five steals. Rodriguez is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed three or more in the last four games she's played. Another player making a difference was Elyonna Carbajal, who scored seven points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Moon Valley won against Mohave two weeks ago with 44 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Wednesday. Moon Valley snuck past Washington with a 44-38 win.
Kamariana Shaw was nothing short of spectacular: she posted 32 points. Nydrela Johnson was another key player, earning six points.
Moon Valley now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Marcos de Niza, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
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