After flying high against Empire last Tuesday, Desert View came back down to earth. The Desert View Jaguars were beaten by the Flowing Wells Caballeros 69-26 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 238th, while the Caballeros are ranked 42nd).
Ximena Castaneda was Desert View's leading scorer, having posted 13 points. Andrea Cervantes held things down on the boards with five rebounds. Addison Brown took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Nevaeh Urenda was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 22 points and 13 steals for Flowing Wells. Urenda's evening made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabelle Lopez, who went 5 of 7 en route to 12 points.
Desert View's loss dropped their record down to 4-18. As for Flowing Wells, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 17-5.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Nogales the next time they take the court. Flowing Wells will head out to face Nogales at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, while Desert View will host them at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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