The Cibola Cougars will take on the West Mesa Mustangs in a holiday battle at at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Cibola's defense has only allowed 27.6 points per game this season, so West Mesa's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Cibola is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Santa Fe just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 33-26 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Demons. The match marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Mesa). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Valley 73-22. The victory was familiar territory for the Mustangs who have now won four games in a row.
Having lost for the first time this season, Cibola fell to 4-1. As for West Mesa, their win ended a ten-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-4.
Cibola took a serious blow against West Mesa in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 56-18. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of West Mesa's Monique Sena, who posted 13 points along with seven assists and seven boards. Now that Cibola 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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