Gadsden hasn't had much luck against Organ Mountain recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Gadsden Panthers are taking a road trip to take on the Organ Mountain Knights at 7:00 p.m.
Gadsden is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Monday. They had to suffer through a 71-44 loss at the hands of Alamogordo. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 37-15.
Meanwhile, Organ Mountain had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.4 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Monday. They walked away with a 60-49 victory over the Trojans. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Trojans are ranked 47th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Organ Mountain's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-5. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.8 points per game. As for Gadsden, their loss dropped their record down to 5-15.
Gadsden was dealt a bruising 86-33 defeat at the hands of Organ Mountain in their previous matchup two weeks ago. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Gadsden was down 44-21.
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