Rio Rancho hasn't had much luck against Volcano Vista recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Rio Rancho Rams will square off against the Volcano Vista Hawks at 7:00 p.m.
Rio Rancho is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Farmington, who was ranked sixth at the time (Rio Rancho was ranked tenth). Rio Rancho fell just short of Farmington by a score of 45-42 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Volcano Vista had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 52-26 win. The Hawks pushed the score to 42-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had little chance of recovering from.
Volcano Vista's win came from a few key players Rio Rancho will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jalysa Hines, who posted 11 points in addition to six steals and five rebounds. She has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last eight times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Zoey Loretto, who went 6 for 10 en route to 12 points.
Rio Rancho's defeat dropped their record down to 14-8. As for Volcano Vista, their victory bumped their record up to 13-8.
Rio Rancho couldn't quite finish off Volcano Vista in their previous matchup back in January and fell 58-55. Can Rio Rancho avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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