On Monday, the Palo Verde Titans lost to the St. Augustine Catholic Wolves on the road by a 61-44 margin. The Titans were down 48-27 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the loss, Palo Verde still got an impressive performance from Gaby Oliver, who dropped a double-double on 42 points and 14 rebounds. That was a full 95.5% of Palo Verde's points, marking the 11th time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points.
St. Augustine Catholic was led to victory by Megan Callahan and Carolina Georgelos. Callahan put up 18 points in addition to seven assists and seven rebounds, while Georgelos almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine boards. That's the most rebounds Callahan has posted since back in January. Another player making a difference was Aliyah Preciado, who had six points and nine rebounds.
Palo Verde now has a losing record at 5-6. As for St. Augustine Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Palo Verde won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Apache Junction at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Palo Verde is facing Apache Junction at the right time seeing as Apache Junction is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for St. Augustine Catholic, they will head out to face off against Lincoln Prep at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
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