The Cleveland Storm will take on the Farmington Scorpions at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Cleveland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Cibola, who was ranked eighth at the time (Cleveland was ranked fourth). Cleveland walked away with a 65-56 win over Cibola on Thursday. The victory continues a trend for the Storm in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now won seven in a row.
Meanwhile, Farmington earned a 67-57 win over Rio Rancho on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Scorpions.
Cleveland's victory bumped their record up to 16-6. As for Farmington, their win bumped their record up to 15-7.
Cleveland won a game that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in January, slipping by Farmington 57-56. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Farmington's Landon Begay, who posted 20 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cleveland still be able to contain Begay? There's only one way to find out.
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