Manzano hasn't had much luck against La Cueva recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Manzano Monarchs will host the La Cueva Bears at 7:00 p.m. That game will pit two of the most dominant guards against one another: Zaria Gomez and Jordyn Dyer.
Manzano is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Tuesday. They lost 77-56 to Capital.
Meanwhile, La Cueva had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They took down the Demons 54-35. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Demons are ranked 49th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
La Cueva's victory bumped their record up to 18-6. As for Manzano, their loss dropped their record down to 10-14.
Manzano was taken down by La Cueva 73-26 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dyer, who went 9-for-16 to rack up 21 points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals. Now that Manzano knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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