New Mexico High School Basketball - Elida edges Melrose
January 12, 2013: Melrose, NM 88124 The Elida Tigers (Elida, NM) basketball nipped the host Melrose Buffaloes (Melrose, NM), 46-45 in Saturday's non-league test.
The Tigers (10-4) will now prepare for their test against Hondo (Hondo, NM). The Eagles go into the non-league test with a 6-7 record. In their last test, Hondo got by New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell, NM), 47-41, in a non-league test.
The Buffaloes now sport a 6-9 record. They put it on the line next when they host Tucumcari for a non-league contest on Tuesday, January 15. Melrose will meet a Rattlers team coming off a 55-41 non-league loss to Estancia (Estancia, NM). The Rattlers record now stands at 3-9.