The third road game was the charm for the Bovina Mustangs, as they earned their first road win of the season. They walked away with a 42-34 win over River Road on Saturday. For Bovina, this counts as revenge for the 38-28 loss River Road walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2023.
It was another big night for Miguel Lopez, who scored 15 points along with five rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Bovina's points. Daniel Herrera was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with five rebounds.
Bovina is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-11 record this season. As for River Road, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-9.
Bovina will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Hart at 8:00 p.m. River Road and Wellington will face off at 12:00 p.m. on January 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Wellington is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
