Basketball Recap: Laguna Acoma Skates Past Dulce with Ease

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Previous Games

02/20/25 - Away	51-12 W
01/23/25 - Home	57-28 W
03/01/24 - Home	49-59 L
02/26/24 - Away	54-51 W
02/17/24 - Home	45-49 L
+ 5 more games

Laguna Acoma came tearing into Thursday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.2 points), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past Dulce 51-12. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 57-28 back in January.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Laguna Acoma to victory, but perhaps none more so than Leah Barger, who shot 75% from the field to rack up 14 points. The dominant performance gave Barger a new career-high in points. Gianna Carrillo was another key player, putting up 15 points and three steals.

Laguna Acoma was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Dulce only three assists.

Laguna Acoma's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-7. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to assists: they averaged an imposing 9.57 assists in those games compared to only 5.58 in the others. As for Dulce, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-17.

Laguna Acoma has already played their next game, a 70-31 win against Dulce on the 27th. As for Dulce, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 47-33 victory against Ramah on the 25th.