The Rio Rancho Rams will head out on the road to challenge the Cleveland Storm at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rio Rancho is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.
Last Tuesday, Rio Rancho faced Volcano Vista in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Rio Rancho took a 64-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Volcano Vista. While losing is never fun, Rio Rancho can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while Volcano Vista is ranked first).
Despite the defeat, Rio Rancho had strong showings from Noah Montoya, who scored 14 points along with six rebounds, and Josiah Marfil, who scored 17 points along with two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Montoya has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Johnson, who scored nine points.
In what's become a running theme this season, Cleveland gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Cibola as Cleveland made off with a 87-66 win. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Rio Rancho now has a losing record at 12-13. As for Cleveland, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 19-6.
Rio Rancho might still be hurting after the 85-59 defeat they got from Cleveland in their previous matchup on February 6th. Can Rio Rancho avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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