Del Norte suffered their closest defeat since December 6, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Atrisco Heritage Academy Jaguars by a score of 61-58. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Jaguars are ranked ninth).
Despite the loss, Del Norte still got an impressive performance from Gavin Gomez, who went 6 for 9 from beyond the arc on his way to 20 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Francois Satchivi, who went 7 of 15 en route to 15 points.
Del Norte dropped their record down to 6-5 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Atrisco Heritage Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Del Norte and Rio Grande will face off at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played. Del Norte is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61 points per game this season. As for Atrisco Heritage Academy, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Sandia at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Atrisco Heritage Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 12 games -- so hopefully Sandia likes a good challenge.
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