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Tatum Loving

Coyotes

Falcons

The Loving (NM) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Tatum (NM) by a score of 66-42.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Tatum	-	-	-	-	66
Loving	-	-	-	-	42

Final score provided by J. Hale.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

New Mexico High School Basketball - Loving trounced by Tatum

February 3, 2023: Loving, NM 88256

The Tatum Coyotes routed the host Loving Falcons basketball team by a final score of 66-42 in Friday's league game.

In their next game, the Coyotes face the Eunice Cardinals (Eunice, NM) in a 2A District 4 game, on Tuesday, February 7. Tatum will attempt to move on its 12-10 season record. The Cardinals enter the game with a 13-6 record after their 65-47 non-league loss to Fort Sumner/House (Fort Sumner, NM).

With the defeat, Loving moves to 2-20 on the year. The Falcons travel to Jal (Jal, NM) to face the Panthers in a 2A District 4 game on Tuesday, February 7. The Panthers enter the game with a record of 14-8. Jal won 69-45 in their recent league game against Tatum (Tatum, NM)

Tatum @ Loving Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 3, 2023 @ 7p

The Loving (NM) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Tatum (NM) by a score of 66-42.

Rankings & Records

Tatum (22-23)

NM	Class
87	13

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
15-14	4-4	7-3	5-7	3-4	.517	.500	1,472	1,392

Loving (22-23)

NM	Class
127	25

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-23	1-7	3-8	1-9	1-6	.179	.125	1,280	1,535

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Tatum	14.4	12.1	10.6	12.8	50.8
Loving	9.6	12.1	10.2	13.6	45.7

Head-to-Head

Tatum won on 1/20/2023

1/20 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Loving - - - - 38
Tatum - - - - 53

The Loving (NM) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Tatum (NM) by a score of 53-38.
Box score
Tatum won on 2/3/2023

2/3 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Tatum - - - - 66
Loving - - - - 42

The Tatum (NM) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Loving (NM) by a score of 66-42.
Box score
Tatum won on 2/21/2023

2/21 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Loving 6 10 11 14 41
Tatum 12 11 8 32 63

The Loving (NM) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away tournament game against Tatum (NM) by a score of 63-41.
Box score

1/20 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Loving	-	-	-	-	38
Tatum	-	-	-	-	53

2/21 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Loving	6	10	11	14	41
Tatum	12	11	8	32	63

Team Stat Comparison

Tatum		Loving
-	Points Per Game	39.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	28.8
-	Assists Per Game	8.0
-	Steals Per Game	10.5
-	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Tatum		Loving	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#3 Giovanni Ruiz8.7	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#20 James King7.8	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#3 Giovanni Ruiz2.1	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#3 Giovanni Ruiz2.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#20 James King1.6	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Tatum	2-7		Loving	3-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/16/22	Jal	Tatum	(L) 49-36	1/17/23	Jal	Loving	(L) 57-42
1/31/23	Tatum	Jal	(L) 69-45	2/7/23	Loving	Jal	(L) 50-39
2/10/23	Jal	Tatum	(L) 51-41
1/3/23	Tatum	Clovis Christian	(L) 51-42	1/6/23	Clovis Christian	Loving	(L) 57-47
1/17/23	Tatum	Eunice	(L) 76-58	2/2/23	Eunice	Loving	(L) 67-47
2/7/23	Eunice	Tatum	(L) 64-45	2/17/23	Loving	Eunice	(L) 63-44
2/23/23	Tatum	Eunice	(L) 56-55
1/25/23	Tatum	Hagerman	(W) 52-31	12/10/22	Loving	Hagerman	(W) 60-55
2/17/23	Hagerman	Tatum	(W) 61-32	1/14/23	Loving	Hagerman	(L) 46-40
				1/27/23	Hagerman	Loving	(L) 50-48
				2/14/23	Loving	Hagerman	(W) 62-46
				2/20/23	Hagerman	Loving	(W) 69-31

Record Breakdown

Tatum (22-23)		Loving (22-23)
15-14	Overall	5-23
4-4	League	1-7
6-2	Non-League	1-11
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
2-7	Common Opponent	3-7
7-3	Home	3-8
5-7	Away	1-9
3-4	Neutral	1-6
0-1	Playoff	0-0
13-11	In-State	5-18
2-3	Out-of-State	0-0