On Friday, Organ Mountain faced Sandia in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Organ Mountain Knights fell just short of the Sandia Matadors by a score of 69-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (57), the Knights still had to take the loss.
| 12/07/24 @ Atrisco Heritage Academy | 15 |
| 12/12/24 vs La Cueva | 15 |
| 02/02/24 vs Centennial | 15 |
| 01/09/24 @ Los Lunas | 14 |
| 12/06/24 @ Del Norte | 13 |
Despite the loss, Organ Mountain still got an impressive performance from Lenny Washington, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 boards. The dominant performance gave Washington a new career-high in points. Emmitt McDaniel was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Even though they lost, Organ Mountain was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Sandia's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Gad Harris, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 15 points along with six steals and five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Thomas Adams, who went 7 of 16 on his way to 22 points.
Organ Mountain's defeat ended an 18-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3. As for Sandia, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-1.
Organ Mountain didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 65-48 victory against Centennial on the 28th. As for Sandia, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Rio Grande at 5:15 p.m. on January 7, 2025.
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