Basketball Recap: Pyramid Lake Piles Up the Points Against Sparks

Lakers

Margin (Wins)

12/28/24 vs Sparks	32
12/13/24 vs Mammoth	31
12/27/24 vs Churchill County	-19
12/26/24 vs Reed	-28
12/27/24 vs Hug	-62

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Hug, Pyramid Lake was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They blew past the Sparks Railroaders 65-33. The Lakers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four contests by 20 points or more this season.

Pyramid Lake's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Myron Rivers, who posted 12 points and three steals. Drevon Carpenter was another key player, putting up nine points and eight rebounds.

Pyramid Lake was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sparks only posted five assists.

Sparks lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Eli Flores, who put up 15 points and three steals. That was a full 45.5% of Sparks' points, marking the third time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ivan Hernandez, who posted three points and seven rebounds.

Pyramid Lake moved to 6-6 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Sparks, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-12.

Pyramid Lake didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 60-11 victory against Coleville on the 3rd. As for Sparks, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Truckee at 6:00 p.m. on January 8th. Sparks is facing Truckee at the right time seeing as Truckee is stuck on a nine-game losing streak.