Basketball Game Recap: Organ Mountain Knights vs. Los Lunas Tigers

By Team Reports Jan 3, 2024, 6:12pm

Recap: Organ Mountain Knights vs. Los Lunas Tigers

The Organ Mountain Knights entered their tilt with the Los Lunas Tigers with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Organ Mountain narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Los Lunas 48-45. Given Organ Mountain's advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while Los Lunas is ranked 28th), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Organ Mountain had a senior duo take command as Brandon Kehres scored 14 points and YehNhi Wilson scored ten points along with six rebounds. The match was Wilson's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Lenny Washington was another key contributor, scoring six points.

Organ Mountain's victory bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Los Lunas, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.

Organ Mountain will head out on the road to face off against Silver at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Silver is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak. Los Lunas and Farmington will face off at 7:00 p.m. on January 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Farmington will be coming into the game with an undefeated record on the line.