Lovington is 9-1 against Portales since February of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Lovington Wildcats will be playing at home against the Portales Rams at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
After a string of three wins, Lovington's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They were beaten by Artesia 71-30. Lovington has struggled against Artesia recently, as their game on Friday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Lovington's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kayle Covington, who scored nine points along with six rebounds, and Demarcus Thompson jr who scored four points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Portales pushed their score all the way to 64 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They received a tough blow as they fell 82-64 to Lovington. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (62), Portales still had to take the loss.
Lovington's loss dropped their record down to 17-11. As for Portales, they dropped their record down to 16-12 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Lovington strolled past Portales in their previous meeting on Thursday by a score of 82-64. Will Lovington repeat their success, or does Portales have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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