Basketball Recap: Mountain Pointe Drops Season-High Score on Maricopa

Pride

Team Score

01/15/25 vs Maricopa	57
11/27/24 @ Desert Ridge	49
12/05/24 @ Carl Hayden Community	45
11/20/24 vs Tucson High Magnet School	45
12/10/24 vs Arizona College Prep	44

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain Pointe). They enjoyed a cozy 57-41 victory over the Maricopa Rams on Wednesday. The win was some much needed relief for the Pride as it spelled an end to their eight-game losing streak.

Leading Mountain Pointe to victory were Amora Mask and Nia Rowe. Mask went 7 for 16 on her way to 18 points in addition to eight boards and seven steals, while Rowe posted 15 points along with five rebounds and five steals. Those seven steals gave Mask a new career-high. Anayah McNeal also deserves some recognition as she posted her first block of the season.

Mountain Pointe was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Maricopa only posted six assists.

Maricopa's loss came despite strong showings from Kaliha Norwood and Jenifer Gordoa. Norwood almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds, while Gordoa had six points and 13 boards. That was a full 46.3% of Maricopa's points, marking the third time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aliyah Cox, who earned eight points.

Mountain Pointe's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-12. As for Maricopa, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-12 record this season.

Mountain Pointe has already played their next game, a 55-54 win against Desert Mountain on the 17th. As for Maricopa, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 64-24 loss against Catalina Foothills on the 17th.