The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Tatum Coyotes (Tatum, NM) and the visiting Loving Falcons (Loving, NM), observed Tatum's basketball team overcome Loving by a score of 55-43.

The Coyotes (6-18) will now prepare for their challenge against Eunice (Eunice, NM). The Cardinals come into the 2A District 4 challenge with a 16-8 record. In their last challenge, Eunice dropped by Jal (Jal, NM), 49-45, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons battle the Hagerman Bobcats (Hagerman, NM) in a 2A District 4 challenge, on Tuesday, February 18. Loving will attempt to improve on its 5-18 season record. The Bobcats come into the challenge with a 14-8 record after their 77-50 league loss to Texico (Texico, NM).