Clovis is 0-10 against Hobbs since January of 2023 but things could change on Friday. The Wildcats will face off against the Eagles at 7:00 p.m.
Clovis easily dispatched Roswell on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Wildcats fell just short of Carlsbad by a score of 26-24 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Hobbs had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.8 points) and they went ahead and made it 13 on Tuesday. They blew past the Coyotes 70-19. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked second, while the Coyotes are ranked 58th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Clovis' loss dropped their record down to 11-13. As for Hobbs, their victory bumped their record up to 22-2.
Clovis was dealt a bruising 55-21 defeat at the hands of Hobbs when the teams last played two weeks ago. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Wildcats were down 43-13.
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