Preview: Rio Grande Ravens vs. Los Lunas Tigers
Rio Grande is 2-8 against Los Lunas since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Rio Grande Ravens will head out on the road to face off against the Los Lunas Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Rio Grande has now lost 14 straight, leaving the team is hunting for their first win since December 16.
On Saturday, Rio Grande came up short against Albuquerque and fell 61-53. While losing is never fun, Rio Grande can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while Albuquerque is ranked 19th).
Despite the loss, Rio Grande had strong showings from Mateo Gonzalez, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds, and Santiago Gonzalez, who scored 15 points along with eight rebounds and two blocks. Another player making a difference was Eliseo Velasquez, who scored 12 points along with two steals.
Even though they lost, Rio Grande smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. This was only their 12th loss (out of 16 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.
Meanwhile, even though Capital scored an imposing 61 points on Saturday, Los Lunas still came out on top. Los Lunas took their contest against Capital 70-61.
Rio Grande dropped their record down to 5-17 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road. That rough patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.7 points per game. As for Los Lunas, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season.
Rio Grande was taken down by Los Lunas 70-40 in their previous meeting on February 2nd. Can Rio Grande avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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