West Mesa and Albuquerque are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2017, but not for long. The West Mesa Mustangs will venture away from home to square off against the Albuquerque Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. West Mesa has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Albuquerque will come in with four straight wins.
West Mesa is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Albuquerque Academy, who was ranked 22nd at the time (West Mesa was ranked 18th). West Mesa took a 73-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of Albuquerque Academy on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Albuquerque over Rio Grande in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Albuquerque blew Rio Grande out of the water with a 63-20 final score. With the Bulldogs ahead 39-10 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Albuquerque is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for West Mesa, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-8.
West Mesa came up short against Albuquerque when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 53-47. Can West Mesa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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