Basketball Game Preview: Laguna Acoma Hawks vs. Dulce Hawks

We've got a battle between Hawks coming up. Dulce will need to watch out since Laguna Acoma has now posted at least 55 points in their last five games.

Laguna Acoma is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Ramah: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Laguna Acoma blew Ramah out of the water with a 67-34 final score. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 matchups by 20 points or more this season.

Gianna Carrillo

Field Goal Percentage

02/18/25 vs Ramah	59%
02/15/25 @ Hozho Academy	32%
02/13/25 vs Navajo Pine	24%
02/11/25 vs Rehoboth Christian	22%
02/04/25 @ Ramah	36%
+ 16 more games

Gianna Carrillo continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 13-for-22 to rack up 33 points. What's more, she also posted a 59% field goal percentage, which is the highest she's achieved since back in December of 2024. Another player making a difference was Brianna Carrillo, who posted 11 points.

Laguna Acoma was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Dulce hasn't had quite the year their fans were hoping for to this point, but back-to-back wins may be a sign of good things to come. They came within a single point of losing the streak, but they secured a 40-39 W against Navajo Pine.

Laguna Acoma has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to assists: they averaged an imposing 9.73 assists in those games compared to only 9.73 in the others. As for Dulce, their record now sits at 9-16.

Everything came up roses for Laguna Acoma against Dulce in their previous meeting back in January, as the squad secured a 57-28 win. In that contest, Laguna Acoma amassed a halftime lead of 31-10, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.