Two dominant guards in Bella Hines and Sydney Benally are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Eldorado Golden Eagles will take on the Sandia Matadors at 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Eldorado had no problem doing just that on Friday. They blew past the Bulldogs 57-36.
Meanwhile, Sandia entered their tilt with Alamogordo with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Sandia blew past Alamogordo, posting a 83-44 victory at home. Given Sandia's advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked second, while Alamogordo is ranked 34th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Benally, who shot 4-for-5 from deep and dropped a double-double on 36 points and ten rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points she has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Audri Wright, who scored ten points along with seven assists and three steals.
Eldorado is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-8 record this season. As for Sandia, they pushed their record up to 25-3 with that victory, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season.
Eldorado came up short against Sandia when the teams last played back in February, falling 67-59. Can Eldorado avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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