Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only the Sandia Matadors walked away with it. They walked away with a 69-61 victory over the Storm on Saturday. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Sandia was led to victory by Zaire Ndyabagye and Thomas Adams. Ndyabagye scored 24 points along with eight rebounds and two steals, while Adams went 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 33 points and 3 assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Adams has scored all season. Gad Harris was another key contributor, scoring two points along with six assists and six rebounds.
Sandia has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-12 record this season. As for Cleveland, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-8.
Sandia's road trip will continue as they head out to face Albuquerque at 9:45 a.m. on March 13th. Hopefully Sandia focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Saturday. Cleveland does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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