New Mexico High School Basketball - Santa Rosa holds off Fort Sumner/House
December 10, 2024: Santa Rosa, NM 88435 The Santa Rosa Lions basketball team scored 84 points and limited the visiting Fort Sumner/House to 77 in the Lions non-league triumph on Tuesday.
The Lions now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Silver for a non-league game on Thursday, December 12. Santa Rosa will confront a Fighting Colts team coming off a 65-48 non-league win over New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell, NM). The Fighting Colts record now stands at 2-2.
With the loss, Fort Sumner/House falls to 3-1 on the campaign. The travel to Capitan (Capitan, NM) to confront the Tigers in a non-league game on Thursday, December 12. The Tigers go into the game with a record of 0-3. Capitan lost 66-53 in their recent non-league game against Estancia (Estancia, NM)