Basketball Game Preview: Miyamura Patriots vs. Gallup Bengals

By Team Reports Feb 23, 2024, 2:19am

Preview: Miyamura Patriots vs. Gallup Bengals

Miyamura is 0-10 against Gallup since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Miyamura Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Gallup Bengals at 7:00 p.m. Miyamura will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps New Mexico Rankings (they are ranked 78th, while Gallup is ranked 11th).

Miyamura was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a 44-38 hit to the loss column at the hands of Aztec.

Meanwhile, Gallup came tearing into Tuesday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.6 points) and they left with even more momentum. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 57-56 win over Kirtland Central. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.

Miyamura's defeat dropped their record down to 5-20. As for Gallup, their win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-6.

Miyamura was dealt a bruising 67-17 defeat at the hands of Gallup in their previous meeting on February 6th. Will Miyamura have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.

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