Fans at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Tucumcari Rattlers (Tucumcari, NM) and the visiting Dexter Demons (Dexter, NM), saw Tucumcari's basketball squad overcome Dexter by a tally of 56-43.

With the victory, Tucumcari improves its record to 9-14 on the campaign. The Rattlers travel to New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell, NM) to play the Colts in a 3A District 4 challenge on Thursday, February 29. The Colts come into the challenge with a record of 14-10. New Mexico Military Institute won 65-41 in their recent league challenge against Dexter (Dexter, NM)