Cactus played a tough match on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against the Deer Valley Skyhawks, falling 87-34. While losing is never fun, the Cobras can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Skyhawks are ranked 23rd).
Cactus lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Thomas Natale, who posted six points.
Cactus' defeat dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Deer Valley, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-4.
Cactus will head out to square off against Westview at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Westview knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Cactus likes a good challenge. Deer Valley has already played their next contest (against Peoria), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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