Del Norte and Hope Christian are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Del Norte Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Hope Christian Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Del Norte focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Tuesday.
Del Norte struggled with assists on Tuesday (Valley had 12 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Del Norte had to suffer through a rough 75-48 loss at the hands of Valley. While losing is never fun, Del Norte can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 69th, while Valley is ranked eighth).
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Dakarai Morenike, who scored ten points along with two steals. Julian Castillo was another key contributor, scoring 13 points.
Meanwhile, even though Bosque scored an imposing 74 points on Tuesday, Hope Christian still came out on top. Hope Christian took their game against Bosque 83-74.
This is the second loss in a row for Del Norte and nudges their season record down to 6-19. As for Hope Christian, they pushed their record up to 17-8 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
Del Norte lost to Hope Christian on the road by a decisive 76-58 margin in their previous matchup on February 6th. Can Del Norte avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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