The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Lovington Wildcats (Lovington, NM) and the host Goddard Rockets (Roswell, NM), observed Lovington's basketball team knock off Goddard by a score of 78-61.

The Wildcats (13-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Portales (Portales, NM). The Rams come into the 4A District 4 challenge with a 12-9 record. In their last challenge, Portales prevailed over Artesia (Artesia, NM), 57-32, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rockets encounter the Artesia Bulldogs (Artesia, NM) in a 4A District 4 challenge, on Friday, February 7. Goddard will attempt to improve on its 12-10 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 9-12 record after their 57-32 league loss to Portales (Portales, NM).