The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Goddard Rockets (Roswell, NM) and the host Roswell Coyotes (Roswell, NM), observed Goddard's basketball team edge Roswell by a margin of 51-45.

The Rockets (8-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Tucumcari (Tucumcari, NM). The Rattlers come into the non-league challenge with a 9-3 record. In their last challenge, Tucumcari edged Thoreau (Thoreau, NM), 41-37, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Coyotes battle the Mayfield Trojans (Las Cruces, NM) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 10. Roswell will attempt to better on its 11-3 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 9-3 record after their 59-31 non-league win over Deming (Deming, NM).