West Mesa won the last time they faced Manzano and things went their way on Wednesday too. The West Mesa Mustangs walked away with a 67-54 win over the Manzano Monarchs. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Monarchs are ranked 66th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Manzano lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Bryce Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Kai Youngberg, who posted ten points and eight rebounds.
West Mesa's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-5. As for Manzano, they dropped their record down to 5-8 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
West Mesa didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 62-59 win against Highland on the 18th. As for Manzano, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 57-53 victory against Rio Grande on the 17th.
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