CHS, PHS Tuesday basketball capsules

Boys

Eldorado at Clovis

When: 7 p.m. today at Rock Staubus Gym in the District 2-6A opener for both teams.

Records: Eldorado 9-5, Clovis 7-9.

Last time out: Eldorado beat Rio Grande 63-54 on Friday. The Cats lost to Hobbs 67-63 on Thursday at The Rock.

Of note: Eldorado is 5-0 this season in true road games. … Three of the Eagles’ five losses have come by a total of five points, including one in overtime and another, last Tuesday against Rio Rancho Cleveland, in triple overtime (111-109).

Girls

Clovis at Eldorado

When: 7 p.m. today in Albuquerque in the District 2-6A opener for both teams.

Records: Eldorado 11-3, Clovis 7-9.

Last time out: Clovis beat Rio Rancho Cleveland 54-43 on Friday at The Rocki. Eldorado won at Los Alamos 67-21, also on Friday.

Of note: Eldorado is 5-0 at home this season. … The Eagles beat the Lady Wildcats 64-42 for fifth place in Rio Rancho’s Mel Otero Invite. Senior G Sydney Candaleria scored 14 of her game-high 31 points in the final period, when the Eldorado outscored CHS 21-6 to break the game open. … Eldorado has a one-point win a week ago at Cleveland. … The Eagles’ losses this season were to Roswell High (43-40 at the Mel Otero) and, last week, to West Mesa (67-62) and La Cueva (42-34) in the Albuquerque Metro tournament at Del Norte H.S.

Quotable: “They’re about 10 or 11 deep. Last time they wore us down because of their bench. I know it’s going to be a tough game, especially at Eldorado, but I think our girls are feeling pretty good right now (after Friday’s win).” — CHS coach Jeff Reed.

Roswell Goddard at Portales

When: 6:30 p.m. today at the Ram Athletic Center.

Records: Goddard 12-6, Portales 9-5.

Last time out: Goddard won at Chaparral 73-39 on Saturday, while the Lady Rams edged former district rival Lovington 47-43 on the road on Friday night.

Of note: The Lady Rockets, who have struggled in recent years, are riding a solid group of upperclassmen to a good season so far. They’ve won four in a row and eight of nine, with the only loss during that time to rival Roswell High in Goddard’s holiday tournament. … Leading scorers for Goddard are senior Micaela Kolker (11.9 ppg) and junior Camryn Villalpando (11.1). Villalpando is also collecting a team-best 6.9 rebounds per game. … The win over Lovington was much-needed for the Lady Rams. They’d dropped five of six since beginning the season with eight consecutive victories. … Portales opens District 4-4A play on Friday at Moriarty.