Jal lost to Texico on February 3rd and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Panthers had to suffer through a 59-11 loss at the hands of the Wolverines. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Wolverines are ranked 20th).
Eyan Faulkner was Jal's leading scorer, having posted four points. Zadyn Lujan held things down on the boards with four rebounds. He took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Bennett Wahlen had another great game (as he tends to do), going 5-for-10 en route to 13 points and eight rebounds for Texico. Wahlen is also on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as he's posted one of at least 50% in the last six games he's played. Another player making a difference was Jett Curtis, who shot 56% from the field to rack up 12 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Jal and nudges their season record down to 11-15. As for Texico, the win (which was their 13th in a row) raised their record to 24-2.
Jal has already played their next matchup, a 66-35 victory against Loving on the 24th. As for Texico, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, an 88-25 win against Tatum on the 26th.
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