Preview: Rio Rancho Rams vs. Volcano Vista Hawks
Rio Rancho is 0-10 against Volcano Vista since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Rio Rancho Rams will head out on the road to take on the Volcano Vista Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Rio Rancho comes in on three and Volcano Vista on 11.
In what's become a running theme this season, Rio Rancho gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They blew past Cibola 67-32 on the road. Given Rio Rancho's advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 13th, while Cibola is ranked 102nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Volcano Vista put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They breezed by Cibola on the road to the tune of 67-21. Volcano Vista pushed the score to 61-21 by the end of the third, a deficit Cibola had no chance of recovering from.
Mila Espinoza was her usual excellent self, scoring 17 points along with six steals. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 13 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Taejhuan "TT" Hill, who scored 12 points along with three steals.
Rio Rancho is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Volcano Vista, they pushed their record up to 18-5 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Rio Rancho came up short against Volcano Vista in their previous matchup on February 1st, falling 70-60. Can Rio Rancho avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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