The Parkland Matadors won the last time they faced the Clint Lions, and things went their way on Thursday too. Parkland blew past Clint 64-40. The win made it back-to-back wins for Parkland.
Parkland can attribute much of their success to Justin Rodriguez, who scored 18 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Rodriguez has scored at least 25% of Parkland's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Diego Castillo, who scored 8 points along with 3 steals.
Parkland's win bumped their record up to 4-6. As for Clint, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4.
Parkland won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Santa Teresa at 6:00 p.m. on December 1st. Santa Teresa presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Parkland in their respective states (Santa Teresa is ranked 31st in New Mexico, while Parkland is ranked 970th in Texas). As for Clint, they will face off against Franklin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Franklin has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
