Basketball Preview: IDEA Pharr vs. Monte Alto Blue Devil
IDEA Pharr is on a four-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Monte Alto a five-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Tuesday. The IDEA Pharr IDEA Pharr will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Monte Alto Blue Devil at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
IDEA Pharr is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after starting their season on the road. They were beaten by Harvest Christian 84-21 last Tuesday.
While Monte Alto didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They lost 76-51 to San Perlita on Friday. The Blue Devil were down 65-41 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Monte Alto might have lost, but man, Ricky Serrano was a machine: he earned 32 points along with two steals. That was a full 62.7% of Monte Alto's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Santos Velazquez, who earned four points along with six rebounds and four steals.
IDEA Pharr was dealt a bruising 86-33 defeat at the hands of Monte Alto in their previous matchup back in January of 2021. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point IDEA Pharr was down 48-20.
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