Artesia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 17th straight loss dating back to last season. They came up short against the Oxford Academy Patriots, falling 54-29. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1138th, while the Patriots are ranked 532nd).
Oxford Academy was led to victory by Zoey Hess and Ashley Ventura. Hess went 9 for 16 en route to 19 points and seven rebounds, while Ventura posted six points in addition to eight boards, eight steals, and seven assists. The dominant performance gave Ventura a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Angela Tran, who scored five points and nine assists.
Artesia's defeat dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Oxford Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-8.
Artesia wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, an 83-25 loss against Whitney on the 24th. Oxford Academy has also already played their next match (against Glenn), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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