Estancia lost against Tularosa back in March of 2022 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Estancia Bears fell 61-49 to the Tularosa Wildcats. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Wildcats are ranked 33rd).
When it comes to explaining why Estancia lost, don't look at Justin Rubio. Despite the final result, he went 7 for 17 on his way to 19 points. Another player making a difference was Jerin LaJeunesse, who posted 11 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Estancia and nudges their season record down to 5-9. As for Tularosa, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
Estancia has already played their next contest (against East Mountain), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Tularosa will take on Tucumcari at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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