Native American Community Academy is 0-3 against Jemez Valley since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. Having just played yesterday, the Native American Community Academy Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Jemez Valley Warriors at 5:30 p.m. on February 23rd. Hopefully Native American Community Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Thursday.
On Thursday, Native American Community Academy was beaten by Menaul 63-32. Native American Community Academy was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-13.
Despite the loss, Native American Community Academy had strong showings from Raine Edaakie, who scored 16 points along with eight rebounds and four steals, and Makeda Casiquito, who scored 12 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. Edaakie hasn't dropped below two steals for four straight games.
Meanwhile, Jemez Valley had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.2 points), and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Carrizozo 61-28 at home. Jemez Valley has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 games by 22 points or more this season.
Native American Community Academy's loss dropped their record down to 11-14. As for Jemez Valley, they pushed their record up to 20-4 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Native American Community Academy suffered a grim 67-46 defeat to Jemez Valley in their previous meeting back in December of 2017. Can Native American Community Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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