Basketball Recap: Victor Valley Drops Season-High Score on Bloomington

Jackrabbits

Team Score

01/02/25 @ Bloomington	78
11/27/24 vs Arroyo	51
12/03/24 vs Academy for Academic Excellence	46
11/20/24 vs Jurupa Hills	45
12/12/24 vs Sultana	38

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Victor Valley). They blew past the Bloomington Bruins 78-19 on Thursday. With the Jackrabbits ahead 50-7 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Victor Valley's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Arnetta Ealy Newton, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 rebounds. Ealy Newton is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last five games she's played. Another player making a difference was Kimora Love, who went 8 of 10 en route to 19 points and four steals.

Victor Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 27 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Victor Valley's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 6-6. As for Bloomington, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-14.

Victor Valley will square off against Barstow at 6:00 p.m. on January 10th. As for Bloomington, they will take on Carter at 5:30 p.m. on January 10th.