On Friday, the Sandia Matadors faced the Farmington Scorpions in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Sandia fell 66-55 to Farmington. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Despite the loss, Sandia still got an impressive performance from Thomas Adams, who scored 15 points along with five assists and five rebounds. Adams hasn't dropped below two steals for 11 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Zaire Ndyabagye, who scored 13 points.
Farmington was led to victory by Zander Griego and Cody Vassar-steen. Griego dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds, while Vassar-steen scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. Vassar-steen is crushing the point category: he's posted at least 15 every time he's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Michael Beck, who scored nine points along with five rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Sandia and nudges their season record down to 13-9. As for Farmington, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-4.
Sandia has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Eldorado at 7:00 p.m. on February 14th. One thing working in Sandia's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 19 contests. Farmington's road trip will continue as they head out to face West Mesa at 7:00 p.m. on February 13th. West Mesa will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something Farmington surely won't give up without a fight.
