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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Texico's Dalton Thatcher drives toward the hoop in the first half of Tuesday night's home game against Gateway Christian. Thatcher led all scorers with 27 points.
TEXICO — Good teams find ways to win.
Texico High's boys basketball team did just that, adjusting on defense and rallying for a 65-52 home victory over Gateway Christian Tuesday night.
The Wolves, as a result, improved to 4-0 on the season.
Texico's Dalton Thatcher led all scorers with 27 points, including six treys and a 9-of-10 performance from the free-throw line.
Joe Waide burned Texico for four threes and 14 points in the first half, but the Wolverines held him to just two points in the second.
"He's a quick kid and he can shoot it," Texico head coach Ty Thatcher said. "We did a better job of defending him in the second half."
His team did a better job of defending everyone in that half after getting torched a bit in the first.
"We had some success with our zone last game (against Portales)," Coach Thatcher said, "and (Gateway Christian) kind of exposed that tonight, the weaknesses that I was afraid of. They did a good job of adjusting tonight."
Texico had trailed 17-14 after the first quarter and led only 28-27 at halftime. The third quarter, though, was owned by the Wolverines who outscored Gateway Christian 21-4 in that period.
"The third was kind of the difference in the game," Coach Thatcher said. "We got away from them a little bit and were able to create some offensive frustration for them."
Texico will play Amherst on Thursday in the Farwell Tournament.
