The Palm Desert Aztecs will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Redlands East Valley Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, Palm Desert humbled Elsinore with a 58-29 victory. The Aztecs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matches by 29 points or more this season.
Katelyn Gallagher was her usual excellent self, going 13 of 31 on her way to 36 points in addition to seven steals and six boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Palm Desert's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Tethal, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 rebounds.
Palm Desert was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Redlands East Valley). They took their game on Thursday with ease, bagging a 65-25 victory over Redlands. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Palm Desert is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.5 points per game. As for Redlands East Valley, their win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-7.
Palm Desert came up short against Redlands East Valley in their previous meeting back in December of 2016, falling 35-23. Can Palm Desert avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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