La Quinta lost against Palm Desert on January 6th and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The La Quinta Blackhawks took a 66-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Palm Desert Aztecs.
Palm Desert's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jecorey Jones led the charge by going 7 for 10 en route to 19 points in addition to six assists and four steals. Jones has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Paul Dreisbach, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 16 points and three steals.
La Quinta's loss dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Palm Desert, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.
La Quinta has already played their next game (against Palm Springs), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Palm Desert wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 61-44 win against Serrano on the 25th.
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