Rio Grande hasn't had much luck against Albuquerque recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Rio Grande Ravens will venture away from home to square off against the Albuquerque Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m.
Rio Grande is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Tuesday. They took a hard 67-48 fall against Atrisco Heritage Academy. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Jaguars are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Albuquerque had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 55-35 margin over the Tigers.
Albuquerque has also been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.5 points per game. As for Rio Grande, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-17.
Rio Grande was taken down by Albuquerque 61-34 when the teams last played on January 10th. Can Rio Grande avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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