Silver Valley's tournament run continued when they took on Western on Saturday. The Silver Valley Trojans opened the new year with a less-than-successful 57-46 defeat to the Western Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 867th in California, while the Warriors are ranked 73rd in Nevada).
| 01/04/25 vs Western | 3 |
| 01/03/25 vs Green Valley | 3 |
| 01/02/25 vs Lake Mead Christian Academy | 5 |
| 01/02/25 vs Del Sol | 3 |
| 12/19/24 @ Apple Valley | 3 |
Several Trojans players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Javion Taylor, who posted ten points in addition to five assists and three steals. Taylor is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Mogan, who had eight points.
This is the second loss in a row for Silver Valley and nudges their season record down to 8-6. As for Western, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-8 record this season.
Silver Valley wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, an 85-37 victory against Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy on the 7th. As for Western, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, an 80-51 loss against Cimarron-Memorial on the 6th.
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