After flying high against the Highland Park Hornets last Friday, the Bovina Mustangs came back down to earth. Bovina was dealt a 70-43 defeat at the hands of Farwell on Tuesday. The match was a 28-28 toss-up at halftime, but Bovina couldn't quite close it out.
Defeat or not, Bovina got some senior leadership from Yandel Deleon and Miguel Lopez. Deleon scored 13 points along with six rebounds, while Lopez. scored 11 points along with five assists and four steals. Lopez has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Isaac Tavera, who scored nine points along with two steals.
Bovina has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-19 record this season. As for Farwell, the win (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 23-9.
Bovina will square off against Valley at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Farwell, they will head out on the road to challenge New Deal at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. New Deal is on a three-game streak of home wins, Farwell a nine-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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