Basketball Recap: Maxwell Beats Reserve for Their Eighth Straight Win

Bears

Previous Games

01/10/25 vs Reserve	61-20
01/07/25 vs New Mexico School for the Deaf	82-43
01/04/25 @ Raton	81-66
12/19/24 @ Mora	56-53
12/14/24 vs Cimarron	68-64
+ 3 more games

Maxwell waltzed into their game on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 61-20 win over the Reserve Mountaineers. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Mountaineers are ranked 143rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Maxwell pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.8 points per game. As for Reserve, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.

Maxwell and Quemado will face off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. As for Reserve, they and Springer will face off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played.