The Bisbee Pumas are taking a road trip to square off against the Douglas Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Bisbee has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Bisbee is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Tombstone 58-44 on Monday. Given the Pumas' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 207th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Douglas had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They came out on top against the Rattlers by a score of 63-51.
Bisbee better focus on containing Diego Lopez and Ryan Felix as the pair were huge in Douglas' win. Lopez posted 23 points and five rebounds, while Felix put up 17 points and eight boards. Lopez's big performance that evening made it nine games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Another player making a difference was Orlando Fimbres, who earned six points.
Douglas smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive boards. They are a perfect 7-0 when they hit their own glass that hard.
Bisbee's record now sits at 5-2. As for Douglas, their record is now 8-2.
Bisbee couldn't quite get it done against Douglas in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 as they fell 58-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lopez, who went 9-for-21 to rack up 26 points and seven boards. Now that the Pumas know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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