The Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Hi-Plains Patriots at 12:30 p.m. on March 1st. Hopefully Sangre de Cristo focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 29 on Saturday.
With a playoff game on the line, Sangre de Cristo rose to the challenge on Saturday. They snuck past the Panthers with a 36-31 win.
Sangre de Cristo's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jaydra Cordova led the charge by scoring seven points along with five rebounds and three steals. Another player making a difference was Audrina Knorr, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Hi-Plains' good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a hard 41-25 fall against Idalia. Hi-Plains has not had much luck with Idalia recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Sangre de Cristo has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Hi-Plains, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-10.
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