The West Mesa Mustangs are taking a road trip to take on the Los Lunas Tigers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
West Mesa took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Rio Grande as West Mesa made off with a 55-30 victory. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th in New Mexico, while the Ravens are ranked 94th in New Mexico), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Los Lunas). They breezed past Atrisco Heritage Academy to the tune of 82-4 on Tuesday. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Los Lunas has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.6 points over those games. West Mesa's win bumped their record up to 16-11.
West Mesa lost to Los Lunas on the road by a decisive 51-33 margin in their previous meeting on February 7th. Can West Mesa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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