Rio Grande City waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They had just enough and edged the Economedes Jaguars out 45-43. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Rattlers have posted since November 15th.
Despite the loss, Economedes still got an impressive performance from Nathaniel De La Garza, who went 8 for 15 en route to 27 points plus two steals. That was a full 62.8% of Economedes' points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexandro Zurita, who earned eight points along with eight rebounds.
Rio Grande City is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Economedes, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-7.
Rio Grande City has already played their next match, a 55-49 victory against Ray on the 7th. As for Economedes, a feisty cat fight will be fought when the Economedes Jaguars face off against the Valley View Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Economedes is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.6 points per game this season.
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