Piedra Vista hasn't had much luck against Rio Rancho recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Piedra Vista Panthers will challenge the Rio Rancho Rams at 7:00 p.m. Piedra Vista has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Piedra Vista is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Cleveland on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Piedra Vista took a blow against Cleveland, falling 90-54. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Storm are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, Rio Rancho was able to grind out a solid victory over Cibola on Friday, taking the game 74-62.
Piedra Vista's defeat dropped their record down to 7-17. As for Rio Rancho, their win bumped their record up to 13-11.
Things could have been worse for Piedra Vista, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 77-60 loss to Rio Rancho in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rio Rancho's Noah Lovato, who went 7-for-10 on his way to 20 points and seven rebounds. Now that Piedra Vista knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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