Elida lost against Melrose two weeks ago, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Elida Tigers took a blow against the Melrose Buffaloes, falling 86-32. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Buffaloes are ranked 33rd).
Elida has also been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last ten matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 9-14 record this season. As for Melrose, the win (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 20-4.
Coming up, Elida will look to defend their home court on Monday against Cimarron at 4:30 p.m. One thing working in Cimarron's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four contests. As for Melrose, they will venture away from home to take on Texico at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Texico is on a five-game streak of home wins, Melrose a seven-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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