The Miyamura Patriots will head out to take on the Pojoaque Valley Elks/Elkettes at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Miyamura is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Miyamura is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a hard 81-63 fall against Grants on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (55), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Pojoaque Valley made easy work of Shiprock on Saturday and carried off a 70-45 win. Given the Elks/Elkettes' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Chieftains are ranked 131st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pojoaque Valley's victory bumped their record up to 11-4. As for Miyamura, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
Miyamura suffered a grim 68-43 defeat to Pojoaque Valley in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pojoaque Valley's Joziah Salazar, who went 9 for 16 on his way to 25 points and six rebounds. Now that Miyamura knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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