It was a good run, but the Farmington Scorpions unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 69-64 hit to the loss column at the hands of La Cueva. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (58), Farmington still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Farmington still got an impressive performance from Trel Griego, who went 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 26 points and 0 assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Griego has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Landon Begay, who scored 16 points.
Cameron Dyer was his usual excellent self, scoring 17 points along with seven assists for La Cueva. The team also got some help courtesy of Eric Jacobsen, who scored 12 points along with five rebounds.
Farmington's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-7. As for La Cueva, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Farmington will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Atrisco Heritage Academy at 5:00 p.m. on March 9th. Atrisco Heritage Academy has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 487 points over their last six games. As for La Cueva, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against West Mesa at 6:00 p.m. on March 2nd. West Mesa has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 2-1 during that stretch of close contests.
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