Basketball Recap: Yuma Catholic Shamrocks vs. River Valley Dust Devils
The Yuma Catholic Shamrocks can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent match on Saturday. They blew past River Valley 54-5 at home. The team accrued 42 points in the first half and coasted on those for the victory.
Amanda Wiley was her usual excellent self, scoring 24 points along with eight rebounds and four steals. Wiley is crushing the rebound category: she's posted at least eight every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Clarissa Meza, who scored three points along with six assists and three steals.
Yuma Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. As for River Valley, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-21.
Yuma Catholic will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against the Guardians at 5:30 p.m. As for River Valley, they and the Patriots will face off at 2:30 p.m. on February 6th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Mohave Accelerated presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than the Dust Devils in Arizona (the Patriots are ranked 90th, while the Dust Devils are ranked 285th).
