Antonito is 1-9 against Sangre de Cristo since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Antonito Trojans will be playing at home against the Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds at 4:00 p.m. Hopefully Antonito focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Tuesday.
Antonito struggled with offensive rebounds on Tuesday (Primero had ten more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Antonito was dealt a 86-31 defeat at the hands of Primero. Antonito was down 61-26 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Antonito's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Jasiah Jiron, who scored 11 points along with seven rebounds and five blocks, and Octavian Martinez who scored eight points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Sangre de Cristo had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They took down Moffat 50-36.
Kaiden Smit continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 27 points and 17 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Deagon Rogers, who scored 11 points along with five assists and two steals.
Antonito's loss dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Sangre de Cristo, they pushed their record up to 11-5 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: Antonito have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 31.6 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Sangre de Cristo struggles in that department as they've been averaging 25.4 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Antonito was dealt a bruising 52-13 defeat at the hands of Sangre de Cristo when the teams last played back in November of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Antonito was down 28-0.
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