Basketball Recap: Santa Cruz Valley Piles Up the Points Against San Manuel

Dust Devils

Team Score

12/09/24 @ San Manuel	77
12/03/24 vs Andrada Polytechnic	71
12/05/24 vs BASIS Phoenix	66
11/30/24 vs Rio Rico	55
11/29/24 vs Pueblo	46

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Santa Cruz Valley). They took their contest on Monday with ease, bagging a 77-22 victory over the San Manuel Miners. With that win, the Dust Devils brought their scoring average up to 52.5 points per game.

Santa Cruz Valley was led to victory by Nathan Harris and Javar Williams. Harris dropped a double-double on 15 points and 19 rebounds, while Williams went 8 of 11 on his way to 17 points along with five assists and five rebounds. Harris is crushing it when it comes to boards: he's pulled down at least eight every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Esequiel Perez, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 12 points and four steals.

They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Santa Cruz Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

The victory was the fourth in a row for Santa Cruz Valley, bringing their record for this year to 5-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31 points. As for San Manuel, they are on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.

Santa Cruz Valley didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 60-55 defeat against Arete Prep on the 13th. As for San Manuel, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 64-20 loss against Baboquivari on the 10th.