Moriarty lost against Espanola Valley back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Moriarty Pintos lost to the Espanola Valley Sundevils at home by a 71-53 margin. While losing is never fun, the Pintos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Sundevils are ranked 19th).
Moriarty dropped their record down to 8-15 with the loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Espanola Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
Looking ahead, Moriarty will head out to take on Taos at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Espanola Valley, they will host Los Alamos at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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