The Las Cruces Bulldawgs will be taking part in a tournament against the Riverside Rangers at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Las Cruces sitting on four straight victories and Riverside on five.
Las Cruces is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Cleveland, who was ranked 13th at the time (Las Cruces was ranked 18th). Las Cruces walked away with a 58-46 win over Cleveland on Friday.
| 12/20/24 vs Cleveland | 24 |
| 12/06/24 @ Atrisco Heritage Academy | 18 |
| 01/05/24 vs Hobbs | 18 |
| 01/09/24 @ Roswell | 16 |
| 01/19/24 @ Deming | 16 |
Bethzy Quinones continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 12 for 17 on her way to 24 points. Those 24 points gave her a new career-high. Danae Pacheco was another key player, going 6 of 8 on her way to 16 points.
Las Cruces was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Riverside). They breezed by San Elizario to the tune of 73-18 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Riverside has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.7 points per game. As for Las Cruces, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
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