Basketball Recap: Pueblo Drops Season-High Score on Desert View

Warriors

Team Score

01/21/25 vs Desert View	74
11/29/24 vs Santa Cruz Valley	70
11/30/24 vs Vista Grande	70
12/20/24 vs Hayden	68
11/26/24 vs Tanque Verde	67

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pueblo). They claimed a resounding 74-47 victory over the Desert View Jaguars. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Warriors considering their 30-point performance the match before.

Anthony Carranza went supernova for Pueblo, going 8 of 17 on his way to 18 points along with seven boards and five assists. Silverio Rivera was another key player, going 5 for 8 en route to 13 points and five assists.

Carranza wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Pueblo was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Desert View only posted six assists.

Desert View's loss on Tuesday came despite strong showings from Damien Borquez and Xaime Reyes. Borquez almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 13 rebounds, while Reyes posted 15 points. Those 13 boards gave Borquez a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Samy Ishimwe, who scored seven points.

Pueblo's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-14. As for Desert View, they dropped their record down to 3-15 with the defeat, which was their 16th straight on the road dating back to last season.

Pueblo will host Flowing Wells at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pueblo is facing Flowing Wells at the right time seeing as Flowing Wells is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Desert View, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the Desert View Jaguars take on the Cienega Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cienega knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 17 contests -- so hopefully Desert View likes a good challenge.