Winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up eight more assists than your opponent, a fact the Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles proved on Tuesday. They walked away with a 63-52 victory over Dougherty Valley. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Clayton Valley Charter.
Clayton Valley Charter found their leader in underclassman Deoujenea Clay, who scored 28 points along with 8 rebounds and 6 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which Clay has scored at least 25% of Clayton Valley Charter's points. Ella Scott was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Despite the loss, Dougherty Valley still got an impressive performance from Mikala Caston, who scored 27 points along with 6 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Samaira Bakshi, who scored 8 points.
Clayton Valley Charter's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Dougherty Valley, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-3.
Clayton Valley Charter will be playing at home against Kimball at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Kimball focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up seven on Tuesday. Dougherty Valley's road trip will continue as they head out to face Miramonte at 8:00 p.m. on November 30th. Hopefully Miramonte focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 30 last Friday.
