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SILVER CITY — With a lot of Chukuka Emili, and a little bit of luck at the free throw line, the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds escaped Western New Mexico Thursday night with an 80-78 win and the team’s first 3-0 Lone Star Conference start in 13 years. The Greyhounds, however, couldn’t keep the perfect LSC season going, falling behind early in a 95-81 loss Saturday at Texas Permian-Basin. Emili, a senior transfer from Division-I Houston Baptist, had plenty of highlights with 19 points and 12 rebounds against the Musta...
PORTALES — However many games in however many days, there’s never a better way to start things off than with a win. The Portales Rams did just that Friday night, taking control in the third quarter to earn a 49-42 victory over Robertson that wasn’t nearly as close as the final score indicated. Portales (7-5) put things on ice with a 14-0 run to start the third quarter, and built more than enough cushion to survive a furious final seven minutes by the Cardinals. Rico Diaz...
CLOVIS — Second verse — or in this case, ninth verse — same as the first. Clovis coach Jeff Reed saw the same offensive struggles that have hurt the Clovis Lady Wildcats all season long rear their ugly head again Friday night as the Lady Cats scored just four field goals following a hot first quarter en route to a 50-42 home loss to Hereford. “That’s been every game for us,” Reed said. “All nine losses for us have been exactly a copycat of that. So somewhere down the road...
CLOVIS — The first segment of basketball season is over, the part when teams size up their opponents, size up themselves, get into the flow of the season, play holiday tournaments. The third segment — district play, likely the most important on the regular-season calendar — doesn’t start until the end of January. This weekend began the second segment — most of January, when teams head out of holiday tournament mode and into a stretch of wilderness that could be considered almost as important as the district slate. January i...