Van Horn is 2-8 against Alpine since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Van Horn Eagles will be playing at home against the Alpine Bucks at 8:00 p.m. Hopefully Van Horn focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up six on Tuesday.
Van Horn took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They snuck past Sanderson with a 33-27 win.
Van Horn had a senior duo take command as Robert Alvarado had 15 points in addition to five rebounds and David Baeza posted 14 points along with five rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Alvarado a new career-high in assists (two). Gabriel Gonzalez was another key player, earning seven rebounds and three steals.
Van Horn smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Alpine took their game two weeks ago with ease, bagging an 88-55 victory over Fort Hancock.
Van Horn pushed their record up to 3-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36.8 points. As for Alpine, their victory bumped their record up to 1-0.
Van Horn took a serious blow against Alpine in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 72-34. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Alpine's Daedrick Hardwick, who went 7 for 14 en route to 17 points plus six steals. Now that Van Horn knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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