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Portales Lovington

Rams

Wildcats

The Lovington (NM) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home playoff game against Portales (NM) by a score of 70-61.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Portales	-	-	-	-	61
Lovington	-	-	-	-	70

Final score provided by T. Dunkel.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Portales (23-24)

Portales has not entered stats for this game.

Lovington (23-24)

Lovington

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	70	28	60	47	50
1	D. Thompson jr (Sr)	19	9	14	64	64
3	Julian Arroyo (Sr)	4	1	10	10	15
4	Elijah Rivero (So)	7	3	6	50	50
10	Jojo Perez (Fr)	4	0	1	0	0
11	Ethan Stephens (So)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Mika Pando (Jr)	15	6	13	46	58
22	Anson Marquez (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67
24	Kayle Covington (Jr)	17	7	12	58	58

Lovington

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	70	4	14	29	10	16	63	24	46	52
1	D. Thompson jr (Sr)	19	0	0	0	1	3	33	9	14	64
3	Julian Arroyo (Sr)	4	1	5	20	1	2	50	0	5	0
4	Elijah Rivero (So)	7	0	0	0	1	2	50	3	6	50
10	Jojo Perez (Fr)	4	0	1	0	4	6	67	0	0	0
11	Ethan Stephens (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Mika Pando (Jr)	15	3	7	43	0	0	0	3	6	50
22	Anson Marquez (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
24	Kayle Covington (Jr)	17	0	0	0	3	3	100	7	12	58

Lovington

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	70	14	27	41	19	11	4	27	20
1	D. Thompson jr (Sr)	19	3	9	12	3	2	1	5	3
3	Julian Arroyo (Sr)	4	0	3	3	2	1	1	6	5
4	Elijah Rivero (So)	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	2	3
10	Jojo Perez (Fr)	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1
11	Ethan Stephens (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	Mika Pando (Jr)	15	2	4	6	6	3	0	3	1
20	Kyler Reaves (So)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Anson Marquez (Sr)	4	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	1
24	Kayle Covington (Jr)	17	6	7	13	4	3	1	7	5
33	Valente Herrera (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Lovington

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.70	0.41	0.55	0.20	2	10
1	D. Thompson jr (Sr)	0.60	0.40	0.67	0.33	0	5
3	Julian Arroyo (Sr)	0.33	0.17	0.20	0.20	1	1
4	Elijah Rivero (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
10	Jojo Perez (Fr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	0
12	Mika Pando (Jr)	2.00	1.00	3.00	0.00	1	2
24	Kayle Covington (Jr)	0.57	0.43	0.60	0.20	0	2
33	Valente Herrera (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0

Lovington's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

New Mexico High School Basketball - Lovington fells Portales

March 9, 2024: Lovington, NM 88260

Lovington Wildcats (Lovington, NM) backers were in high spirits Saturday as they witnessed their basketball squad thwart the visiting Portales Rams (Portales, NM), 70-61 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Lovington upgrades its record to 18-11 on the season. The Wildcats travel to Valley (Albuquerque, NM) to play the Vikings in a non-league bout on Wednesday, March 13. The Vikings go into the bout with a record of 22-6. Valley won 64-23 in their recent non-league bout against Bloomfield (Bloomfield, NM)

Portales @ Lovington Basketball Game Info

Sat., Mar. 9, 2024 @ 7p

@ Lovington HS

The Lovington (NM) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home playoff game against Portales (NM) by a score of 70-61.

This game is a part of the "2024 Nusenda Credit Union Boys Basketball State Championships - Class 4A" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Portales (23-24)

NM	Class
53	10

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-13	2-4	9-5	4-7	3-1	.552	.333	1,735	1,662

Lovington (23-24)

NM	Class
39	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
18-12	4-2	9-3	8-8	1-1	.600	.667	1,858	1,682

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Portales	14.3	14.0	14.5	15.8	6.0	59.8
Lovington	15.6	13.6	14.8	15.7	8.0	61.9

Head-to-Head

Lovington won on 2/9/2024

2/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Portales 18 13 8 14 53
Lovington 12 17 15 19 63

The Portales (NM) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Lovington (NM) by a score of 63-53.
Box score
Lovington won on 2/23/2024

2/23 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Lovington 19 19 22 17 77
Portales 18 19 8 9 54

The Lovington (NM) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Portales (NM) by a score of 77-54.
Box score
Lovington won on 2/29/2024

2/29 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Portales 8 9 22 25 64
Lovington 14 22 19 27 82

The Portales (NM) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away tournament game against Lovington (NM) by a score of 82-64.
Box score
Lovington won on 3/9/2024

3/9 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Portales - - - - 61
Lovington - - - - 70

The Portales (NM) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away playoff game against Lovington (NM) by a score of 70-61.
Box score

2/9 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Portales	18	13	8	14	53
Lovington	12	17	15	19	63

2/23 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lovington	19	19	22	17	77
Portales	18	19	8	9	54

2/29 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Portales	8	9	22	25	64
Lovington	14	22	19	27	82

Team Stat Comparison

Portales		Lovington
-	Points Per Game	61.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	31.5
-	Assists Per Game	12.0
-	Steals Per Game	12.5
-	Blocks Per Game	1.8

Team Leaders

Portales		Lovington	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#3 Julian Arroyo16.1	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Kayle Covington9.7	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	Zadrick Betancourt3.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	Zadrick Betancourt2.8	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#1 Demarcus Thompson jr0.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Portales	8-6		Lovington	7-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/23	Portales	Eunice	(W) 58-51	12/15/23	Eunice	Lovington	(W) 65-64
12/15/23	Portales	Pojoaque Valley	(W) 57-55	1/6/24	Lovington	Pojoaque Valley	(L) 59-58
1/4/24	Pojoaque Valley	Portales	(W) 63-51
12/27/23	Taos	Portales	(W) 55-49	1/13/24	Lovington	Taos	(W) 75-46
12/29/23	Belen	Portales	(L) 86-67	1/11/24	Belen	Lovington	(W) 73-67
1/5/24	Alamogordo	Portales	(L) 72-55	12/9/23	Lovington	Alamogordo	(L) 58-44
1/12/24	Clovis	Portales	(L) 60-48	12/12/23	Clovis	Lovington	(L) 69-64
1/22/24	Portales	Gallup	(L) 83-75	12/7/23	Lovington	Gallup	(W) 85-53
1/23/24	Ruidoso	Portales	(W) 59-41	1/19/24	Ruidoso	Lovington	(W) 76-60
2/2/24	Portales	Goddard	(W) 54-46	2/6/24	Goddard	Lovington	(W) 69-31
2/16/24	Goddard	Portales	(W) 57-36	2/20/24	Lovington	Goddard	(W) 91-44
2/27/24	Goddard	Portales	(W) 62-44
2/6/24	Artesia	Portales	(L) 57-45	12/8/23	Lovington	Artesia	(L) 51-38
2/20/24	Portales	Artesia	(L) 71-48	2/2/24	Lovington	Artesia	(L) 60-47
				2/16/24	Artesia	Lovington	(L) 57-50
				3/1/24	Lovington	Artesia	(L) 71-30

Record Breakdown

Portales (23-24)		Lovington (23-24)
16-13	Overall	18-12
2-4	League	4-2
5-5	Non-League	4-5
0-4	Head to Head	4-0
8-6	Common Opponent	7-7
9-5	Home	9-3
4-7	Away	8-8
3-1	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
14-12	In-State	16-11
2-1	Out-of-State	1-1