The Santa Fe Demons just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Clovis Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Santa Fe will be strutting in after a victory while Clovis will be coming in after a loss.
Santa Fe is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Carlsbad, who was ranked 19th at the time (Santa Fe was ranked 23rd). Santa Fe snuck past Carlsbad with a 50-46 win on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Demons.
Meanwhile, Clovis opened the new year with a less-than-successful 78-67 defeat to West Mesa. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (64), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Clovis dropped their record down to 6-7 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.0 points per game. As for Santa Fe, their victory bumped their record up to 7-4.
Santa Fe couldn't quite finish off Clovis in their previous matchup back in January of 2024 and fell 58-55. Can Santa Fe avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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