West Mesa is 2-8 against Valley since February of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The West Mesa Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Valley Vikings at 1:00 p.m. Valley took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on West Mesa, who comes in off a win.
West Mesa is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 86-36 win over Rio Grande. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Ravens are ranked 91st), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Hope Christian on Friday and fell 57-54. That's two games in a row now that the Vikings have lost by exactly three points.
This is the second loss in a row for Valley and nudges their season record down to 10-13. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only three points. As for West Mesa, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-9.
West Mesa strolled past Valley when the teams last played back in January of 2022 by a score of 57-42. Will West Mesa repeat their success, or does Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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