Winslow's tournament run continued when they took on Del Sol on Saturday. The Winslow Bulldogs fell 70-61 to the Del Sol Dragons. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 161st in Arizona, while the Dragons are ranked 16th in Nevada).
| 12/28/24 vs Del Sol | 19 |
| 01/30/24 vs Blue Ridge | 18 |
| 12/27/24 vs Durango | 15 |
| 12/12/24 vs Campo Verde | 14 |
| 01/18/24 @ Holbrook | 12 |
When it comes to explaining why Winslow lost, don't look at Taylin Puhuhefvaya. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds. Those 19 points gave Puhuhefvaya a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Keira Barton, who posted ten points.
Del Sol's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ricana Taylor led the charge by dropping a double-double on 19 points and 11 boards. Taylor has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last six times she's played. Ge Ge Pickens was another key player, going 6 of 14 on her way to 19 points along with six rebounds and four steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Winslow and nudges their season record down to 3-11. As for Del Sol, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-2.
Winslow will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on St. Johns at 6:00 p.m. on January 7th. St. Johns' defense has only allowed 28.7 points per game this season, so Winslow's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Del Sol, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 79-23 victory against GV Christian on the 2nd.
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