Basketball Recap: Goddard Snags Third Victory in Last Four Games

Portales came into Friday's game looking for another win against Goddard, but Isaiah Mestas wouldn't allow it. The Goddard Rockets managed a 53-48 victory over the Portales Rams on Friday thanks to Mestas, who went 6-for-11 to rack up 20 points. He has become a key player for Goddard: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least 15 points, but 7-12 otherwise.

Josiah Castillo

Steals (Career)

02/14/25 vs Portales	4
02/01/25 @ New Mexico Military Institute	3
02/07/25 @ Artesia	1
02/04/25 vs Lovington	1
01/25/25 @ Santa Teresa	1

Josiah Castillo was another key player, putting up five points and four steals. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in steals.

Goddard has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-13 record this season. As for Portales, they now have a losing record of 11-12.

Coming up, Goddard will challenge Lovington at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Portales, they will host Artesia at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Portales has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight defeats, while Artesia will come in with four straight wins.