New Mexico High School Basketball - Centennial can't hold off Carlsbad
January 14, 2023: Las Cruces, NM 88011
The Carlsbad Cavemen basketball team scored 42 points and held the host Centennial Hawks to 41 in the Cavemen non-league triumph on Saturday.
The Cavemen now sport a 16-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lovington for a non-league contest on Tuesday, January 17. Carlsbad will battle a Wildcats team coming off a 53-36 non-league loss to Clovis (Clovis, NM). The Wildcats record now stands at 9-8.
The Hawks (9-6) will now prepare for their contest against Alamogordo (Alamogordo, NM). The Tigers enter the 5A District 3 contest with a 10-6 record. In their last contest, Alamogordo nudged Ruidoso (Ruidoso, NM), 63-47, in a non-league contest.