The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Griffins pushed their score all the way to 56 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Valley Torah 61-56. The Palmdale Aerospace Academy has not had much luck with Valley Torah recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
The Palmdale Aerospace Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Christian Tonyala, who scored 12 points. Those 12 points set a new season-high mark for him. Another player making a difference was Sir-Gavin Epps, who scored 12 points along with nine rebounds.
Even though they lost, The Palmdale Aerospace Academy were working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
The Palmdale Aerospace Academy bumped their record down to 2-6 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Valley Torah, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 9-1.
The Palmdale Aerospace Academy will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Santa Clarita Christian at 6:00 p.m. As for Valley Torah, they will head out on the road to face off against Lancaster Baptist at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Lancaster Baptist will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 1076th, while Valley Torah is ranked 361st).
