The Xavier Prep Saints suffered their biggest defeat yet this season on Friday. They were dealt a 84-42 loss at the hands of Palm Springs. While losing is never fun, Xavier Prep can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1105th, while Palm Springs is ranked 109th).
Despite the loss, Xavier Prep had strong showings from Johnny Ferrel, who scored 12 points, and Paul Dreisbach, who scored 15 points along with five rebounds. That was a full 35.7% of Xavier Prep's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Xavier Prep bumped their record down to 4-17 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Palm Springs, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-2 record this season.
Xavier Prep will be playing at home against La Quinta at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. La Quinta is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak. As for Palm Springs, they will head out on the road to challenge Summit at 9:15 a.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Summit sitting on four straight wins and Palm Springs on eight.
