Basketball Game Preview: Rio Grande Ravens vs. Atrisco Heritage Academy Jaguars

Rio Grande is 1-9 against Atrisco Heritage Academy since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Rio Grande Ravens will be playing in front of their home fans against the Atrisco Heritage Academy Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Rio Grande is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 16th straight game on Friday. They came up short against West Mesa, falling 59-39. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Mustangs are ranked 35th).

Meanwhile, Atrisco Heritage Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 61-13 loss at the hands of Los Lunas. The contest marked the Jaguars' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Atrisco Heritage Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-17. As for Rio Grande, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-16.

Rio Grande suffered a grim 57-31 defeat to Atrisco Heritage Academy in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Atrisco Heritage Academy's Selim Neel, who posted 20 points in addition to six boards and six steals. Now that Rio Grande knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.