The Cibola Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Farmington Scorpions at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Cibola lost 65-42 to Rio Rancho on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Rams are ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, Farmington had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with a 52-41 victory over the Hawks.
Farmington pushed their record up to 18-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points over those games. As for Cibola, they have been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten contests, which has put a noticeable dent in their 9-15 record this season.
Cibola took a serious blow against Farmington in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 71-36. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Farmington's Kjani Anitielu, who posted 16 points in addition to eight steals and six rebounds. Now that Cibola knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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