In Thursday's league outing, the Mescalero Apache Chiefs (Mescalero, NM) basketball squad nipped the host Capitan Tigers (Capitan, NM), by a margin of 48-41.

The Chiefs (13-8) will now prepare for their outing against Lordsburg (Lordsburg, NM). The Mavericks go into the 2A District 3 outing with a 6-14 record. In their last outing, Lordsburg got by Capitan (Capitan, NM), 59-40, in a league outing.

The Tigers now own a 1-18 record. They play next when they travel to Lordsburg for a 2A District 3 outing on Saturday, February 9. Capitan will clash with a Mavericks squad coming off a 78-45 league loss to Mesilla Valley Christian School (Las Cruces, NM). The Mavericks record now stands at 5-14.