Atrisco Heritage Academy and Albuquerque are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2017, but not for long. The Atrisco Heritage Academy Jaguars will welcome the Albuquerque Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Atrisco Heritage Academy has struggled recently with six defeats in a row, while Albuquerque will arrive with nine straight victories.
Last Friday, Atrisco Heritage Academy came up short against West Mesa and fell 57-44. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 33rd).
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Selim Neel, who posted 13 points and seven steals. That's the most steals she has posted since back in November of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaylee Maldonado, who earned 13 points.
Meanwhile, Albuquerque strolled past West Mesa with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 56-40. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 50-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mustangs cut but never quite recovered from.
Atrisco Heritage Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-19. As for Albuquerque, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Atrisco Heritage Academy was taken down by Albuquerque 67-17 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Atrisco Heritage Academy was down 37-11.
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