In Friday's non-league outing, the Lovington Wildcats (Lovington, NM) basketball squad edged the visiting Clovis Wildcats (Clovis, NM), by a count of 49-46.

The Wildcats (11-7) will now prepare for their outing against Chaparral (Chaparral, NM). The Lobos go into the non-league outing with a 4-14 record. In their last outing, Chaparral was tipped by Carlsbad (Carlsbad, NM), 85-36, in a non-league outing.

The Wildcats now hold a 10-9 record. They play next when they host Carlsbad for a 5A District 4 outing on Tuesday, January 24. Clovis will clash with a Cavemen squad coming off a 85-36 non-league win over Chaparral (Chaparral, NM). The Cavemen record now stands at 12-7.