Green Valley played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 74-37 defeat at the hands of the Del Sol Dragons. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Dragons are ranked 20th).
Despite the loss, Green Valley saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Tabitha Bwakamba posted nine points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Del Sol to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sabrina Stewart, who had 28 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave Stewart a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ricana Taylor, who went 8 of 13 on her way to 17 points along with seven boards and seven steals.
Green Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Del Sol, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 16-4.
Green Valley will be defending their home court for the first time this season when they go up against Rancho at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Del Sol, they will host Durango at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Durango has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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