Desert Sunrise was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 54-50 heartbreaker at the hands of the Moon Valley Rockets.
Moon Valley's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jordan Sepulveda led the charge by dropping a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds. Those 17 points gave Sepulveda a new career-high. Maurice Brown was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.
Desert Sunrise's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Moon Valley, they moved to 1-9 with that victory, which also ended their ten-game losing streak.
Desert Sunrise will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Yuma at 7:00 p.m. on January 7, 2025. Yuma is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.2 points per game this season. As for Moon Valley, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 54-52 loss against Fairfax on the 23rd.
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