Sultana lost against Hesperia back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The Sultana Sultans were beaten by the Hesperia Scorpions 84-48. While losing is never fun, the Sultans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1015th, while the Scorpions are ranked 293rd).
Loss or not, Sultana got some senior leadership from Kenyon Peters and Codey Root. Peters posted 17 points, while Root put up 12 points. That was a full 35.4% of Sultana's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Jett Dimmick, who earned five points.
Sultana has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 5-20 record this season. As for Hesperia, the victory got them back to even at 13-13.
Sultana has already played their next contest (against Apple Valley), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Hesperia, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 64-57 defeat against Oak Hills on the 5th.
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