Basketball Game Preview: Clovis Wildcats vs. Goddard Rockets

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Previous Games

01/23/24 - Away	58-14 W
01/17/23 - Home	56-29 W
11/29/22 - Away	42-22 W
02/12/22 - Away	38-34 W
11/30/21 - Home	56-51 W
+ 5 more games

Clovis has gone 8-2 against Goddard recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Clovis Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Goddard Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Clovis has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.

Clovis is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Lovington, who was ranked 20th at the time (Clovis was ranked tenth). Clovis came out on top against Lovington by a score of 68-56 on Saturday. The score was all tied up 33-33 at the break, but Clovis was the better team in the second half.

Tucumcari typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Goddard proved too difficult a challenge. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Rattlers 63-61. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rockets.

Clovis' win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.2 points per game. As for Goddard, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.

Everything came up roses for Clovis against Goddard in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 58-14 victory. In that contest, Clovis amassed a halftime lead of 34-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.