Basketball Recap: Shadow Hills Comes Up Short

Shadow Hills lost against Palm Desert back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Shadow Hills Knights were outmatched by the Palm Desert Aztecs and fell 82-43. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 696th, while the Aztecs are ranked 347th).

Xay Williams

Points (Career)

01/29/25 vs Palm Desert	11
12/07/24 vs St. Joseph Academy	8
12/11/24 @ Liberty	5
12/07/24 vs Southwest EC	5
12/04/24 vs Vincent Memorial	3

Loss or not, Shadow Hills got some senior leadership from Xay Williams and Edward Escobar. Williams posted 11 points, while Escobar had 12 points. The dominant performance gave Williams a new career-high in points.

Leading Palm Desert to victory were Paul Dreisbach and Jecorey Jones. Dreisbach went 7 for 12 on his way to 28 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists, while Jones went 6 of 9 to rack up 23 points in addition to six assists and five boards. Jones is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last six games he's played. Jake Brande was another key player, dropping a double-double with 13 points and 11 boards.

Shadow Hills has traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last eight matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 9-16 record this season. As for Palm Desert, they pushed their record up to 18-8 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.

Shadow Hills has already played their next contest, a 52-51 win against Indio on the 31st. As for Palm Desert, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 54-46 victory against Palm Springs on the 3rd.