The Rio Grande City Rattlers had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They walked away with a 52-45 win over Southwest. This was payback for Rio Grande City, who suffered a 53-52 loss the last time these two teams met.
Despite the loss, Southwest still got an impressive performance from Lillian Covarrubias, who scored 17 points along with 7 rebounds and 5 assists. The match was Covarrubias' eighth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Paris Alaquinez, who scored 11 points.
Rio Grande City is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Southwest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-7.
Rio Grande City will be playing in front of their home fans against La Joya at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. La Joya is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak. Southwest's road trip will continue as they head out to face Weslaco at 12:30 p.m. on December 2nd. Weslaco presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Southwest in Texas (Weslaco is ranked 220th, while Southwest is ranked 695th).
