West Phoenix lost against East Valley Athletes for Christ back in February of 2018 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The West Phoenix Eagles were dealt an 87-34 defeat at the hands of the East Valley Athletes for Christ Eagles. While losing is never fun, West Phoenix can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 249th, while East Valley Athletes for Christ is ranked 30th).
01/21/25 vs East Valley Athletes for Christ | 16 |
01/16/25 vs Pan-American | 37 |
01/14/25 @ Sequoia Pathfinder Verrado Way | 29 |
01/09/25 vs Skyline Prep | 33 |
12/19/24 vs Sequoia Charter | 19 |
Several Eagles players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Isaiah Brown, who posted 16 points. Brown's afternoon made it 12 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kealin Covington, who put up ten points.
Leading East Valley Athletes for Christ to victory were Landen Marker and Anthony Sorensen. Marker went 8 of 11 from beyond the arc en route to 26 points, while Sorensen went 6 for 9 from beyond the arc on his way to 26 points and five assists. Those five assists gave Sorensen a new career-high. Jonathan Miller was another key player, putting up seven points and six assists.
West Phoenix's loss was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-11. As for East Valley Athletes for Christ, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-3.
West Phoenix will head out to face off against Empower College Prep at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for East Valley Athletes for Christ, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Heritage Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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