After flying high against Maryvale last Thursday, South Mountain came back down to earth. The South Mountain Jaguars had to suffer through a 60-24 loss at the hands of the Williams Field Black Hawks. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Black Hawks are ranked 19th).
Despite the loss, South Mountain still got an impressive performance from Julia Abdelsalam, who posted two points and 12 boards. Abdelsalam is becoming a predictor of South Mountain's success: when she posts at least ten rebounds the team is 3-1 (and 5-8 when she doesn't). Another player making a difference was Asia Martin, who put up 12 points.
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Even though they lost, South Mountain smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in four consecutive contests.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Williams Field to victory, but perhaps none more so than Addison Ramirez, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 20 boards. Those 20 rebounds gave Ramirez a new career-high. Corrine Jones was another key player, dropping a double-double on 14 points and ten boards.
South Mountain now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Williams Field, they pushed their record up to 15-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
South Mountain has already played their next match, a 73-10 win against Browne on the 22nd. As for Williams Field, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 54-33 loss against Gilbert on the 17th.
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