The Eldorado Golden Eagles won the last time they faced the West Mesa Mustangs, and things went their way on Tuesday too. Eldorado strolled past West Mesa with points to spare, taking the game 57-43. Given Eldorado's advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while West Mesa is ranked 42nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bella Hines continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 26 points and ten rebounds. That makes it 26 consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Eldorado's points. Chioma Holyfield was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with ten rebounds.
Eldorado has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for West Mesa, they dropped their record down to 9-17 with that loss, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Eldorado will look to defend their home court on Thursday against La Cueva at 5:30 p.m. Hopefully Eldorado focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Tuesday. West Mesa does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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