Basketball Recap: Valley Union Drops Highest Score of Season Against Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind

Blue Devils

Team Score

01/24/25 vs Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind	52
01/16/25 vs San Simon	49
12/11/24 @ San Simon	49
11/26/24 vs San Miguel	42
01/22/25 @ Baboquivari	37

Valley Union came up into this matchup off a tough 35-point defeat last Wednesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of the Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind Sentinels by a score of 55-52 on Friday. One positive for the Blue Devils, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.

Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind was led to victory by Irving Arizmendi and Zamian Little. Arizmendi went 7 of 12 en route to 23 points and six boards, while Little went 7 for 14 on his way to 17 points and six rebounds. That makes it 11 consecutive games in which Arizmendi has scored at least a third of Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind's points.

This is the second loss in a row for Valley Union and nudges their season record down to 1-11. As for Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind, they moved to 3-12 with that win, which also ended their seven-game losing streak.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Valley Union will welcome Lourdes Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Valley Union is facing Lourdes Catholic at the right time seeing as Lourdes Catholic is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind, they will be playing in front of their home fans against St. David at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. St. David has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.