Farmington vs La Cueva Preview!

The Farmington Scorpions will host the La Cueva Bears Tuesday, February 15th at 7:00 pm. The La Cueva Bears have a chance to clinch the 5A-District 2 Title with a win vs Farmington Tuesday night. The La Cueva Bears come into this game the #4 ranked team in 5A according to MaxPreps. They are 18-4 this season and are undefeated at 8-0 in district play. They currently have the best record in 5A-District 2. The Farmington Scorpions are not far behind, they come into this game the #2 ranked team in 5A according to MaxPreps. They are 23-1 this season and own a 7-1 record in district play. The Farmington Scorpions have the 2nd best winning percentage in the state right behind undefeated Volcano Vista. In the first district matchup between these two district rivals, it was the La Cueva Bears who defeated the Farmington Scorpions 51-49. This first matchup was played at La Cueva High School Saturday, January 29th. La Cueva’s [player_tooltip player_id="357673" first="Eva" last="Love"] led the way scoring 15 points and [player_tooltip player_id="353758" first="Rylie" last="Ottmann"] scoring 13 points. The Farmington Scorpions are led by Head Coach Larenson Henderson who is in his fourth season coaching the team. The La Cueva Bears are led by Head Coach Marisa Cogan who is in her first season coaching the team. Coming into this second district matchup between these two teams, the La Cueva Bears have won 8 straight district games and 10 in a row overall. Farmington has won 4 straight games and their only loss this season has come to this La Cueva team. The La Cueva Bears top four leading scorers are [player_tooltip player_id="357673" first="Eva" last="Love"], [player_tooltip player_id="353758" first="Rylie" last="Ottmann"], Carolina Romero and [player_tooltip player_id="353899" first="Teona" last="Savic"]. [player_tooltip player_id="357673" first="Eva" last="Love"] leads the team in scoring averaging 13.3 points per game this season. [player_tooltip player_id="353758" first="Rylie" last="Ottmann"] is the team’s second leading scorer averaging 11.3 points per game and leads the team averaging 4.5 assists per game. Carolina Romero is averaging 10.6 points per game and is La Cueva’s best three-point shooter this season, she has made 50 three pointers which is the 7th most in New Mexico this year. [player_tooltip player_id="353899" first="Teona" last="Savic"] is averaging 7.0 points per game and is the team’s second leading rebounder this season. The Farmington Scorpions top four leading scorers are [player_tooltip player_id="353690" first="Kiiyani" last="Anitielu"], [player_tooltip player_id="353768" first="Audrey" last="Henderson"], [player_tooltip player_id="353913" first="Kamalani" last="Anitielu"] and Kapiolani Anitielu. [player_tooltip player_id="353690" first="Kiiyani" last="Anitielu"] is one of the top scorers in the state averaging over 20 points per game this season. [player_tooltip player_id="353768" first="Audrey" last="Henderson"] is the team’s second leading scorer averaging 13.4 points per game. [player_tooltip player_id="353913" first="Kamalani" last="Anitielu"] is averaging 10.6 points per game this season. Kapiolani Anitielu is one of the top sophomores making an impact this season averaging 8.1 points per game. This second district matchup between these two schools has strong implications on seeding for the state tournament and could determine who the district champion is for the 2021-22 season.