Basketball Game Preview: Los Lunas Tigers vs. Rio Grande Ravens

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Previous Games

02/21/24 - Home	67-36 W
02/02/24 - Away	70-40 W
02/20/23 - Home	68-35 W
02/14/23 - Away	46-64 L
01/28/23 - Home	63-30 W
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Los Lunas has gone 9-1 against Rio Grande recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Los Lunas Tigers will host the Rio Grande Ravens at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Los Lunas and 11 for Rio Grande.

Los Lunas is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Albuquerque on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Los Lunas came up short against Albuquerque, falling 55-35. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Bulldogs are ranked eighth).

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 63-20, which was the final score in Rio Grande's tilt against Albuquerque on Friday. The game marked the Ravens' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Los Lunas' defeat dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Rio Grande, their loss dropped their record down to 3-18.

Everything came up roses for Los Lunas against Rio Grande in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, as the team secured a 67-36 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Rio Grande's Santiago Gonzalez, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine boards. Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be easier for Los Lunas to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.