Estancia lost against Penasco back in December of 2019, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Estancia Bears took a 37-27 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Penasco Panthers. The loss was the Bears' first of the season.
| 12/05/24 vs Penasco | 9 |
| 11/26/24 @ Bosque | 6 |
| 12/03/24 @ Mountainair | 6 |
| 02/06/24 vs Monte Del Sol Charter | 6 |
| 01/11/24 vs East Mountain | 4 |
Despite the loss, Estancia saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Brook Eister posted eight points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance gave Eister a new career-high in rebounds.
Rochelle Lopez had a dynamite game for Penasco, putting up nine points in addition to six rebounds and six steals. Lopez has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Atencio, who had ten points.
Having lost for the first time this season, Estancia fell to 2-1. As for Penasco, the win (which was their sixth in a row dating back to last season) raised their record to 2-0.
Estancia wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 42-37 victory against Capitan on the 10th. As for Penasco, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 43-41 win against Dulce on the 7th.
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