The Eldorado Golden Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the La Cueva Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Eldorado's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four matches.
Last Thursday, Eldorado faced Farmington in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Eldorado fell just short of Farmington by a score of 58-55. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Meanwhile, even though West Mesa scored an imposing 60 points on Saturday, La Cueva still came out on top. La Cueva took down West Mesa 77-60. The victory made it back-to-back wins for La Cueva.
La Cueva's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Dylan Chavez, who scored 23 points along with five assists, and Cameron Dyer, who scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and six assists. Chavez is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Eric Jacobsen, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Eldorado's loss dropped their record down to 16-12. As for La Cueva, they pushed their record up to 20-9 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Eldorado was able to grind out a solid win over La Cueva in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 70-58. Does Eldorado have another victory up their sleeve, or will La Cueva turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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