The Lady Patriots have the makings of an underdog hero.
Hobbs very well could blow out Miyamura from the opening whistle, but don’t just expect that.
The Lady Patriots rank second among tournament teams with 41.6 points allowed per game, which will certainly be put to the test against the Lady Eagles Thursday at 6:30 p.m. 700 or better, so Miyamura is up to the task of taking on Hobbs in the first round. Two of those contests came against teams with records. The Lady Patriots enter at just 5-4 this season, but have won three of their last four games. Overview: Miyamura will travel about 450 miles to the tournament in search of keeping up its red-hot recent surge. Even if it doesn’t score that much, look for Lovington’s 46.6 points allowed per game to perhaps come out and lead to a few wins. In the middle of this tough stretch is a 60-21 win over Ruidoso, though, which is a highlight of the Lady Wildcats’ defense. Lack of size plagues Lovington outside of center Alyssa Dominguez, and she can’t be on the floor for all 32 minutes. The Lady Wildcats, while scoring a tournament-low 33.5 points per game this year, have lost six of their last seven games after winning two of the first three. Overview: The only other Lea County team in this tournament debut is Lovington, and it’s currently in a pretty tough skid right now. Key Players: Alexis Borunda (Sr.), Hayley Marquez (So.), Anahi Contreras (Sr.) Their only loss is to top-ranked Cibola, so with every other team in the bracket being at least one class below them, expect Hobbs to fair pretty well. At 10-1, the Lady Eagles are the most likely to make a deep run in the state tournament this season. Behind a dominant press and the impressive scoring of Amaya Lewis and Amiah Smith, Hobbs ranks first in points scored (66.6) and points allowed (40) per game among the eight tournament teams. 5 ranking in the state, the Lady Eagles enter their first appearance in the tournament as a heavy favorite. Overview: Not only by playing in front of its home crowd, but also due to its No. Key Players: Amaya Lewis (Sr.), Amiah Smith (Jr.), MacKenzye Gibson (Jr.) If Hirschi can find a groove defensively against the Lady Eagles, perhaps it can come away with one of the better upsets in this tournament. The Lady Huskies are scoring a tournament fifth-best 44.9 points per game, which should fare well in their first-round matchup with Canutillo (46.8 points allowed per game). Hirschi enters with a tournament-worst 62 points per game allowed this year, though it should be noted that eight of the team’s games thus far have come against teams with a. The Lady Huskies are currently on a five-game losing streak, with four of those losses coming by double digits.
Overview: As one of three Class 4A teams in a primarily Class 5A tournament, Hirschi seems to already be part of an uphill battle by being 2-11 this season. Canutillo opens the tournament against a sliding Hirschi team that has allowed 62 points per game this season. 500 record, but are hot after winning six of their last nine games Only two teams are averaging more points per game than Canutillo (51.6) in this tour nament, and outside of their season open er, no team has beaten the Lady Eagles by more than 12 points. The Lady Eagles enter their first appearance with just a. Overview: The Canutillo boys’ basketball team has come to the Hobbs Holiday Tour nament for the last three years, and now will finally be joined by the girls in its fourth appearance. Aztec looks to break its two-game losing streak against Lovington (33.5 points per game) Thursday at 3 p.m. The offense doesn’t gen erate many points with 40.9 per game, but it won’t need to produce a ton, at least in the earlier rounds of the tournament. Six of the 10 players on the team are freshman Yet, the Lady Tigers are currently even-keeled at 3-3 this year, with the defense allowing the fourth-least points per game (44.2) among tournament teams. Overview: While none of these teams have competed in this tournament before, Aztec enters as one of the most inexperienced.
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