Preview: Organ Mountain Knights vs. Mayfield Trojans
Organ Mountain has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Mayfield Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in New Mexico (Organ Mountain is ranked 12th, while Mayfield is ranked seventh).
Last Wednesday, Organ Mountain was able to grind out a solid victory over Alamogordo, taking the game 61-48.
Meanwhile, Mayfield had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.2 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Wednesday. They took down Las Cruces 42-27. Mayfield pushed the score to 36-16 by the end of the third, a deficit Las Cruces cut but never quite recovered from.
Mayfield's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jazlene Ruiz, who scored 14 points along with five assists and three steals. Ruiz is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed three or more in the last eight games she's played. Another player making a difference was Lorrena Viarreal, who scored nine points along with five rebounds.
Organ Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for Mayfield, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-4.
Organ Mountain and Mayfield were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting on Friday, but Organ Mountain came up empty-handed after a 37-36 defeat. Can Organ Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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