La Cueva has won six straight games at home, while Sandia has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The La Cueva Bears will welcome the Sandia Matadors at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
La Cueva is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Manzano, posting a 73-26 win. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Monarchs are ranked 60th), the result on Wednesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Sandia's strategy against Santa Fe on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Sandia blew Santa Fe out of the water with a 73-15 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 43-11.
La Cueva is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Sandia, their victory bumped their record up to 20-1.
La Cueva lost to Sandia at home by a decisive 57-39 margin in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sandia's Sydney Benally, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and ten rebounds. Now that La Cueva knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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