When you’re the defending state-champion basketball team and you’ve just lost nine of your last 10 games, it raises a lot of questions like, just how good is this team? Visiting No. 4 Atrisco Heritage Academy found out the hard way Friday night in the Thunderdome, routed 54-43 by the No. 11 Cleveland Storm (12-12, 2-4 in District 1-5A).
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Trailing 49-43 after Nic Trujillo’s third 3-pointer of the contest, the Storm got the rebound when Volcano Vista star JaKwon Hill missed a 3-point shot. But, as they had done so often in the first half, when they committed a dozen turnovers, a bad-pass turnover gave the ball back to the Hawks, who scored the next 16 points. Cleveland went into another scoring funk, with Elijah Brody’s baseline layup about midway through the fourth quarter giving the Storm their mere 2 points in that forgettable quarter.
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