The Artesia Bulldogs will be taking part in a tournament against the Bloomfield Bobcats at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Artesia is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Chaparral: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Artesia's way against Chaparral on Tuesday as Artesia made off with a 57-33 victory. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 45-25 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lobos had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Bloomfield, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. They took down Zuni 38-22 last Tuesday.
Artesia better focus on containing Alexus Begay and Delanna Russell as the pair were huge in Bloomfield's win. Begay posted 11 points and five boards, while Russell went 5 of 12 on her way to 12 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Begay a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brooke Segay, who had seven points along with eight boards and six steals.
Bloomfield smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Bloomfield pushed their record up to 8-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.1 points per game. As for Artesia, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-7 record this season.
Everything went Artesia's way against Bloomfield in their previous matchup back in January of 2023, as Artesia made off with a 69-47 victory. Will Artesia repeat their success, or does Bloomfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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