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
| 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.
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