Desert Christian and San Manuel are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2018, but not for long. The Desert Christian Eagles will be playing at home against the San Manuel Miners at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Desert Christian will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Desert Christian stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They claimed a resounding 80-34 win over St. David at home. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 51-16.
Desert Christian's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jonathan Brown led the charge by scoring 21 points along with six rebounds and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Adam Valvala, who scored ten points along with eight assists and six steals.
San Manuel suffered their biggest loss since November 30, 2023 on Tuesday. They were beaten by Desert Christian 73-11. San Manuel has not had much luck with Desert Christian recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Desert Christian is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for San Manuel, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-13.
Everything came up roses for Desert Christian against San Manuel in their previous meeting on Tuesday as the squad secured a 73-11 win. With Desert Christian ahead 41-4 at the half, the match was all but over already.
