The Rio Grande Ravens had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They managed a 42-36 victory over Santa Fe on Saturday. For Rio Grande, this counts as revenge for the 39-35 defeat Santa Fe walked away with the last time they faced one another on February 5th.
Rio Grande found their leader in underclassman Sophia Lopez, who almost dropped a double-double on 26 points and nine rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Lopez has scored at least a third of Rio Grande's points. Another player making a difference was Riley Starks, who scored eight points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Rio Grande's win bumped their record up to 10-16. As for Santa Fe, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost ten of their last 13 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-18 record this season.
Rio Grande does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Santa Fe, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Capital at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Capital focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 23 on Friday.
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