On Friday, the Palm Valley FIREBIRDS ended up a good deal behind the Desert Mirage RAMS and lost 40-24. The FIREBIRDS have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
When it comes to explaining why Palm Valley lost, don't look at Alex Ratner. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 11 points and 12 rebounds. With that strong performance, Ratner is now averaging an impressive 2.2 blocks per game.
Desert Mirage found their leader in sophomore Ian Rubio, who had 17 points. The dominant performance also gave Rubio a new career-high in threes (four). Another player making a difference was Adan Martinez, who earned nine points.
Palm Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Desert Mirage, their victory ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-3.
Palm Valley has already played their next game (against Desert Mirage), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Desert Mirage, they will welcome Desert Chapel at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Desert Chapel is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.5 points per game this season.
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