Basketball Game Preview: Taos Tigers vs. Pojoaque Valley Elks/Elkettes

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Previous Games

02/26/25 - Away	77-69 W
02/13/25 - Away	49-71 L
01/24/25 - Home	76-55 W
02/15/24 - Away	49-43 W
01/26/24 - Home	49-55 L
+ 5 more games

Taos has gone 8-2 against Pojoaque Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Taos Tigers will face off against the Pojoaque Valley Elks/Elkettes at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Taos can't be too worried about heading out to take on Pojoaque Valley: they just beat Espanola Valley at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Taos came out on top in a nail-biter against Espanola Valley on Friday, sneaking past 62-59. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.

Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Pojoaque Valley's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell 77-69 to Taos. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (67), the Elks/Elkettes still had to take the loss.

Taos will need to focus on slowing down Luke Pacheco, one of several Pojoaque Valley players who made an impact when they last played. He went 5-for-7 en route to 15 points and six rebounds. Those 15 points gave Pacheco a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Joziah Salazar, who posted 12 points and five boards.

Even though they lost, Pojoaque Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. This was only their fifth loss (out of 23 games) when they've passed the ball that well.

Taos pushed their record up to 16-11 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points over those games. As for Pojoaque Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-8.

Taos was able to grind out a solid victory over Pojoaque Valley when the teams last played on Wednesday, winning 77-69. Will Taos repeat their success, or does Pojoaque Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.