Grants hasn't had much luck against St. Pius X recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Grants Pirates will be playing at home against the St. Pius X Sartans at 7:00 p.m.
Grants is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They lost to Valencia on the road by a 54-37 margin. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Jaguars are ranked 12th).
Meanwhile, St. Pius X won against Taos on Saturday with 46 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Tuesday. St. Pius X put the hurt on Belen with a sharp 46-22 victory. The Sartans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 22 points or more this season.
St. Pius X has also been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Grants, their loss dropped their record down to 8-11.
Grants was dealt a bruising 53-18 defeat at the hands of St. Pius X in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can Grants avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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