Basketball Game Preview: Pahrump Valley Trojans vs. Boulder City Eagles

The Pahrump Valley Trojans and the Boulder City Eagles will face off at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Pahrump Valley will head into Tuesday's match on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking two-point defeat in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against American Heritage Academy on Tuesday. Pahrump Valley blew past American Heritage Academy 48-11. The Trojans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 23 points or more this season.

Pahrump Valley found their leader in sophomore Riley Saldana, who went 9 of 15 en route to 20 points and three steals. Saldana has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Savannah Thompson, who posted seven points in addition to five rebounds and five steals.

Pahrump Valley smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 21 offensive boards. That's the most offensive boards they've posted since back in February of 2024.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Boulder City). They claimed a resounding 64-8 victory over Chaparral. With the Eagles ahead 37-3 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

Boulder City has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Pahrump Valley, they moved to 7-8 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.

Pahrump Valley couldn't quite finish off Boulder City when the teams last played on Saturday and fell 34-32. Can Pahrump Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.