Carlsbad hasn't had much luck against Hobbs recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Carlsbad Cavemen/Cavegirls will venture away from home to take on the Hobbs Eagles at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Carlsbad is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Roswell, who was ranked 24th at the time (Carlsbad was ranked 16th). Everything went Carlsbad's way against Roswell on Friday as Carlsbad made off with a 58-34 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Cavemen/Cavegirls have posted against the Coyotes since April 27, 2021.
Meanwhile, Hobbs had already won 23 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40.6 points) and they went ahead and made it 24 on Friday. They breezed past the Wildcats to the tune of 69-41. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Eagles just coasted through the last quarter.
Hobbs pushed their record up to 24-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.9 points over those games. As for Carlsbad, their victory bumped their record up to 17-8.
Carlsbad came up short against Hobbs when the teams last played last Friday, falling 44-34. Can Carlsbad avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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