The Rio Grande Ravens lost against the Albuquerque Bulldogs back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Rio Grande fell to Albuquerque 54-48. While losing is never fun, Rio Grande can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 84th, while Albuquerque is ranked 15th).
Despite the loss, Rio Grande saw an underclassman step up: Sophia Lopez dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 rebounds. Shyanne Knight was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with three steals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Albuquerque to victory, but perhaps none more so than Maliyah Lee, who scored 12 points along with six rebounds and four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Lee has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Lailah Bouldin, who scored 16 points along with five steals.
Rio Grande's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-14. As for Albuquerque, the win (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 20-4.
Rio Grande has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Los Lunas at 7:00 p.m. on February 20th. Los Lunas will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Rio Grande surely won't give up without a fight. As for Albuquerque, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Manzano at 7:00 p.m. Albuquerque is coming into the game with five straight wins at home, so Manzano will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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