The Santa Fe Demons will venture away from home to face off against the Sandia Matadors at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Santa Fe is coming into the match hot, having won their last eight games.
Santa Fe is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: La Cueva, who was ranked tenth at the time (Santa Fe was ranked 11th). Santa Fe came out on top against La Cueva by a score of 59-49 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Sandia humbled Eldorado with a 94-66 victory. The Matadors have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 20 points or more this season.
Santa Fe better keep an eye on Zaire Ndyabagye. He was instrumental in Sandia's win, almost dropping a double-double on 24 points and nine boards. That's the most points Ndyabagye has posted since back in March of 2024. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Brown, who went 6 of 14 on his way to 17 points and six assists.
Sandia was working as a unit and finished the game with 30 assists. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now racked up at least 20 assists in six consecutive contests.
Sandia has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 78.5 points per game. As for Santa Fe, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-5.
Santa Fe couldn't quite finish off Sandia when the teams last played back in March of 2022 and fell 49-46. Can Santa Fe avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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