Manzano hasn't had much luck against Santa Fe recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Manzano Monarchs will venture away from home to take on the Santa Fe Demons at 7:00 p.m. Manzano has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Manzano lost 70-50 to La Cueva on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Monarchs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Bears are ranked ninth).
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Estevan Gonzalez, who posted 12 points along with five assists and five steals. That's the most steals he has posted since back in November of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Kai Youngberg, who went 5-for-11 to rack up 18 points.
Santa Fe has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took an 80-65 bruising from Sandia on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (60), the Demons still had to take the loss.
Santa Fe's loss dropped their record down to 18-8. As for Manzano, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-19.
Manzano suffered a grim 66-41 defeat to Santa Fe in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Manzano avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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