After flying high against Vista del Lago last Tuesday, West Valley came back down to earth. The West Valley Mustangs were just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 66-65 to the Palm Springs Indians.
Several Mustangs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Malachi Black, who went 10 for 16 en route to 24 points plus three steals. Black's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tieshon Spivey, who went 5 for 8 en route to 12 points plus eight rebounds and two steals.
West Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
West Valley will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Santa Rosa Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Palm Springs, they will challenge Servite at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday.
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