The Moapa Valley Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the Mater Academy East Las Vegas Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Moapa Valley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Tuesday.
Virgin Valley typically has all the answers at home, but Moapa Valley proved too difficult a challenge. They enjoyed a cozy 52-38 victory over the Bulldogs. The win made it back-to-back wins for Moapa Valley.
Haylie Western continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 18 points and 14 rebounds. She has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last three times she's played. Sienna Neilson was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Mater Academy East Las Vegas came up short against Virgin Valley on Thursday and fell 57-50.
Moapa Valley is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Mater Academy East Las Vegas, they now have a losing record at 6-7.