After a string of six wins, the Palm Desert Aztecs's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They suffered a rough 67-45 defeat at the hands of Oak Hills. Palm Desert has struggled against Oak Hills recently, as their matchup on Wednesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Kamrynn Nathan and Jecorey Jones certainly did their best on Wednesday to try and avoid the loss. Nathan scored 16 points, while Jones scored 11 points along with five rebounds. The matchup was Nathan's sixth in a row with at least ten points.
Palm Desert's loss dropped their record down to 10-3. As for Oak Hills, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 6-4.
Palm Desert will be home for the holidays to greet Central at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Central will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 521st, while Palm Desert is ranked 244th). As for Oak Hills, they will head out on the road to face off against Beaumont at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Beaumont focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 last Friday.
