The Del Norte Knights were not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 52-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hope Christian. 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 71st, while Hope Christian is ranked 14th).
Del Norte lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Francois Satchivi, who scored 19 points along with two steals. Julian Castillo was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with seven rebounds.
Del Norte's defeat dropped their record down to 6-20. As for Hope Christian, they pushed their record up to 18-8 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home.
Del Norte will take on Bernalillo at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Del Norte focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Friday. Hope Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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