Basketball Recap: Saturday's Defeat Ends Kern Valley's Winning Streak

Broncs

Previous 5 Games

12/07/24 vs El Diamante	50-65
12/05/24 vs Corcoran	68-41
12/04/24 vs Golden West	56-35
12/02/24 @ Mammoth	66-8
11/27/24 vs Summit Charter Collegiate Academy	54-34

If Kern Valley was feeling good fresh off their 68-41 takedown of Corcoran last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The contest between the Kern Valley Broncs and the El Diamante Miners didn't end well, with the Kern Valley Broncs falling 65-50. The Broncs' loss signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.

Jessie Bunting and Jayda Bushling certainly did their best on Saturday to avoid the loss. Bunting went 11 of 15 en route to 22 points and six rebounds, while Bushling dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten assists. Bushling has been hot recently, having posted nine or more assists the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Ava Elliott, who posted five points and six rebounds.

Leading El Diamante to victory were Rian Jones-Dillihunt and Angelina Morales. Jones-Dillihunt had 24 points, while Morales put up 16 points. The dominant performance gave Morales a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Faith Villarreal, who posted eight points.

Having lost for the first time this season, Kern Valley fell to 7-1. As for El Diamante, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 6-3.

Kern Valley didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 52-33 win against Bishop Union on the 10th. As for El Diamante, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 70-61 defeat against Frontier on the 10th.