East Mountain is 1-9 against Ruidoso since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. Both will round out the year against one another at at 1:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While East Mountain didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They snuck past McCurdy with a 58-52 victory on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Ruidoso waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Mustangs out 44-42. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Warriors have posted since February 6th.
Ruidoso is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.2 points per game. As for East Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
East Mountain took a serious blow against Ruidoso in their previous matchup back in January of 2020, falling 70-39. Can East Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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