Jaelyn Bates and Natalia Chavez might experience a bit of deja vu Thursday night. So might Lanae Billy.
Bates and Chavez, freshmen on the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team, will take on an old friend and foe when the Lobos host Fort Lewis College for their second and final exhibition contest of the season. Billy is starting her freshman season with the Skyhawks, but squaring off against Bates and Chavez at the Pit won’t be anything new.
Billy was a two-time all-state selection at Piedra Vista High before moving to Durango for college. She occasionally faced Bates and Chavez when the two starred for Volcano Vista, including at the Pit when the Hawks topped the Panthers in a 2020 Class 5A semifinal.