The Desert Vista Thunder had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.2 points), and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. They walked away with a 72-61 victory over Gilbert. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Desert Vista found their leader in underclassman Damian (DJ) Spencer, who scored 15 points along with eight rebounds and five steals. Spencer has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last six times he's played. Nicholas Velez was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with six assists and five rebounds.
Desert Vista is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Gilbert, their loss dropped their record down to 12-9.
Desert Vista will head out on the road to square off against the Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Queen Creek is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak. As for Gilbert, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Hawks at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Highland's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last six games.
