Even though the Piedra Vista Panthers scored an imposing 56 points on Friday, the Farmington Scorpions still came out on top. Farmington enjoyed a cozy 71-56 victory over Piedra Vista. Given Farmington's advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 13th, while Piedra Vista is ranked 97th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cody Vassar-steen continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 26 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Farmington's points. Landon Begay was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with two steals.
Farmington's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 20-6. As for Piedra Vista, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-21.
Farmington has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Sandia at 6:00 p.m. on February 27th. Hopefully Farmington focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Friday. As for Piedra Vista, they will head out on the road to take on Eldorado at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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