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Carlsbad Portales

Cavemen/Cavegirls

Rams

The Portales (NM) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Carlsbad (NM) by a score of 68-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Carlsbad	-	-	-	-	68
Portales	-	-	-	-	39

Final score provided by J. Zumbrun.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Carlsbad (24-25)

Carlsbad has not entered stats for this game.

Portales (24-25)

Portales

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	37	15	42	36	36
0	P. Culpepper (So)	8	4	6	67	67
1	P. Alvarado (Jr)	5	2	5	40	40
4	Joel Lujan (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
10	Kamron Sena (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
11	C. Pfaffenberger (Jr)	8	3	11	27	27
13	Ethan Crawford (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
22	Sean Montiel (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Elijah Tellez (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40

Portales

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	13	7	8	88	15	29	52
0	P. Culpepper (So)	8	1	0	1	0	4	5	80
1	P. Alvarado (Jr)	5	1	1	1	100	2	4	50
4	Joel Lujan (Sr)	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	100
10	Kamron Sena (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	C. Pfaffenberger (Jr)	8	5	2	2	100	3	6	50
13	Ethan Crawford (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Sean Montiel (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Elijah Tellez (Sr)	4	1	0	0	0	2	4	50

Portales

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	37	9	11	20	10	4	2	23	9
0	P. Culpepper (So)	8	2	3	5	2	1	0	5	3
1	P. Alvarado (Jr)	5	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1
4	Joel Lujan (Sr)	4	0	3	3	4	1	0	4	0
10	Kamron Sena (Sr)	0	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	0
11	C. Pfaffenberger (Jr)	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	4	0
13	Ethan Crawford (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2
22	Sean Montiel (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
23	Elijah Tellez (Sr)	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0

Portales

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.44	0.17	0.44	0.22	2	2
0	P. Culpepper (So)	0.40	0.20	0.33	0.00	0	0
1	P. Alvarado (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0	0
4	Joel Lujan (Sr)	1.00	0.25	1.00	0.00	0	0
10	Kamron Sena (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
11	C. Pfaffenberger (Jr)	0.25	0.25	1.00	0.00	0	1
23	Elijah Tellez (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

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Game Story

New Mexico High School Basketball - Carlsbad triumphant over Portales

January 2, 2025: Portales, NM 88130

The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Carlsbad Cavemen/Cavegirls (Carlsbad, NM) and the host Portales Rams (Portales, NM), observed Carlsbad's basketball team overwhelm Portales by a score of 68-39.

The Cavemen/Cavegirls (7-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM). The Demons come into the non-league challenge with a 6-4 record. In their last challenge, Santa Fe trounced Piedra Vista (Farmington, NM), 64-33, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Rams battle the Pojoaque Valley Elks/Elkettes (Pojoaque, NM) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Portales will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record. The Elks/Elkettes come into the challenge with a 8-2 record after their 56-53 non-league loss to Farwell (Farwell, TX).

Carlsbad @ Portales Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 2, 2025 @ 7p

Portales Shootout

The Portales (NM) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Carlsbad (NM) by a score of 68-39.

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Rankings & Records

Carlsbad (24-25)

NM	Class
22	14

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-12	2-4	9-4	7-7	1-1	.586	.333	1,523	1,297

Portales (24-25)

NM	Class
49	13

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-15	2-5	6-6	6-6	0-3	.444	.286	1,470	1,492

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Carlsbad	12.0	12.0	12.1	13.6	-	52.5
Portales	12.3	14.2	14.5	13.7	6.5	54.4

Team Stat Comparison

Carlsbad		Portales
-	Points Per Game	18.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	10.5
-	Assists Per Game	3.8
-	Steals Per Game	4.2
-	Blocks Per Game	0.9

Team Leaders

Carlsbad		Portales	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#11 Carson Pfaffenberger10.4	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Carson Pfaffenberger6.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Joel Lujan3.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#4 Joel Lujan1.8	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#11 Carson Pfaffenberger0.9	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Carlsbad	6-2		Portales	3-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Alamogordo	Carlsbad	(W) 55-21	1/18/25	Portales	Alamogordo	(W) 66-64
12/12/24	Carlsbad	Alamogordo	(W) 67-38
12/20/24	Carlsbad	Artesia	(L) 64-51	2/4/25	Portales	Artesia	(L) 74-48
1/7/25	Artesia	Carlsbad	(W) 51-44	2/18/25	Artesia	Portales	(L) 58-42
				2/25/25	Portales	Artesia	(W) 58-57
1/4/25	Pojoaque Valley	Carlsbad	(W) 49-39	1/3/25	Pojoaque Valley	Portales	(L) 42-35
1/14/25	Lovington	Carlsbad	(W) 49-31	2/7/25	Lovington	Portales	(L) 79-46
1/21/25	Carlsbad	Lovington	(L) 54-42	2/21/25	Portales	Lovington	(L) 64-46
				2/28/25	Portales	Lovington	(L) 86-58
1/23/25	Carlsbad	Goddard	(W) 53-39	1/31/25	Goddard	Portales	(W) 54-38
				2/14/25	Portales	Goddard	(L) 53-48

Record Breakdown

Carlsbad (24-25)		Portales (24-25)
17-12	Overall	12-15
2-4	League	2-5
13-6	Non-League	7-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-2	Common Opponent	3-7
9-4	Home	6-6
7-7	Away	6-6
1-1	Neutral	0-3
0-1	Playoff	0-0
16-12	In-State	11-9
1-0	Out-of-State	1-6