The Lovington Wildcats entered their tilt with the Portales Rams with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Lovington took down Portales 82-64 on Thursday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Leading Lovington to victory were Kayle Covington and Julian Arroyo. Covington dropped a double-double on 19 points and 15 rebounds, while Arroyo scored 23 points. Another player making a difference was Elijah Rivero, who scored ten points along with five rebounds and four steals.
Lovington has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 17-10 record this season. As for Portales, they dropped their record down to 16-12 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Lovington will take on Artesia at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Artesia knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past seven games -- so hopefully Lovington likes a good challenge. Portales does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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