Basketball Recap: Silver Valley Takes a Loss

If Silver Valley was riding high fresh off their 67-33 takedown of Lake Mead Christian Academy on Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Silver Valley Trojans were outmatched by the Green Valley Gators and fell 80-48. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 867th in California, while the Gators are ranked 44th in Nevada).

Despite the loss, Silver Valley saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Javion Taylor went 7 for 13 on his way to 19 points in addition to eight boards and three steals. Taylor is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jasean Phillips, who posted 12 points and seven rebounds.

Leading Green Valley to victory were Lamarcus Carter and Da?Quan Brown. Carter dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten boards, while Brown went 7 of 16 on his way to 22 points and three steals. Carter is becoming a predictor of Green Valley's success: when he posts at least ten boards the team is 6-3 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Gasim Yousif, who went 6 of 8 on his way to 12 points and seven boards.

Silver Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Green Valley, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-5.

Silver Valley didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 57-46 loss against Western on the 4th. As for Green Valley, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 56-36 win against Lee Williams on the 4th.