Maryvale lost against Tolleson back in December of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Maryvale Panthers took a 70-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tolleson Wolverines. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (55), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Devin Murphy
| 02/06/25 @ Tolleson | 19 |
| 02/04/25 vs Cesar Chavez | 13 |
| 01/30/25 vs Browne | 10 |
| 01/28/25 vs South Mountain | 9 |
| 01/22/25 vs Camelback | 12 |
| + 18 more games |
Maryvale's loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Devin Murphy, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 19 rebounds. Murphy has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more boards the last 23 times he's played. David Jaramillo was another key player, going 7 for 13 to rack up 19 points.
Even though they lost, Maryvale smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in nine consecutive matches.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tolleson to victory, but perhaps none more so than Rico Blassingame, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. Tolleson is 8-3 when Blassingame posts ten or more boards, but 2-9 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Nuul Deng, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Maryvale's defeat dropped their record down to 12-10. As for Tolleson, their victory bumped their record up to 10-12.
Maryvale didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 77-73 win against Camelback on the 7th. As for Tolleson, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 63-58 loss against Apollo on the 7th.
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