The Mesa Vista Trojans will challenge the Laguna Acoma Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mesa Vista is coming into the match hot, having won their last 12 games.
With a playoff game on the line, Mesa Vista rose to the challenge on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 48-32 victory over the Tigers. Given Mesa Vista's advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while Capitan is ranked 109th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mesa Vista got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Tana Lopez out in front who scored 18 points along with four steals. Lopez has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 13 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Shanae Silva, who scored 16 points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Laguna Acoma didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Questa on Friday, but they still walked away with a 46-40 win.
Mesa Vista pushed their record up to 25-3 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Laguna Acoma, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season.
Mesa Vista took a serious blow against Laguna Acoma in their previous matchup back in January of 2019, falling 49-22. Can Mesa Vista avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
