Preview: Organ Mountain Knights vs. Farmington Scorpions
The Organ Mountain Knights will take on the Farmington Scorpions at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Organ Mountain is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Organ Mountain walked away with it. They snuck past the Cavemen with a 51-47 win on Friday.
Meanwhile, Farmington can now show off 16 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Friday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 75-45 win over Los Lunas. Given Farmington's advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked third, while Los Lunas is ranked 25th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Farmington can attribute much of their success to Kapiolani Anitielu, who scored 18 points along with seven rebounds and six steals, and Kjani Anitielu, who scored 22 points along with six rebounds and five steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Anitielu has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Caris Dale, who scored nine points along with five assists and three steals.
Organ Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. As for Farmington, their victory bumped their record up to 25-4.
Organ Mountain came up short against Farmington in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 61-50. Can Organ Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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