The Desert Pines Jaguars will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the Palo Verde Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Desert Pines focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up eight on Monday.
Desert Pines is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Cheyenne. Desert Pines breezed by Cheyenne to the tune of 64-29. With the Jaguars ahead 40-13 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Desert Pines had a senior duo take command as Taveah Oliver went 9 for 19 en route to 21 points plus six steals and Mya Harper went 5 for 10 en route to 15 points plus three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Aliyah Holman, who scored seven points in addition to six rebounds and two steals.
Desert Pines smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cheyenne only pulled down five.
Meanwhile, Palo Verde fought the good fight in their overtime match against Liberty on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Patriots 51-47. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Patriots recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Breanna Richards-Scholz, who had 16 points. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in threes (two). Another player making a difference was Reagan Nehls, who scored 13 points.
Everything came up roses for Desert Pines against Palo Verde in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, as the squad secured a 55-18 win. Does Desert Pines have another victory up their sleeve, or will Palo Verde turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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