Boys
Portales at NMMI
District 4-3A
When: 7 p.m. today
Records: Portales 14-7, 4-0. NMMI 10-11, 1-3
At stake: Portales’ perfect record in district.
Last outing: Portales beat Dexter 63-23, won five straight, NMMI beat Ruidoso 54-51.
Last meeting: Portales beat NMMI 61-35 on Jan. 20
Notes: The Rams have won five straight. NMMI has scored 60 points or less in 16 of its 21 games. Portales is ranked third in Class 3A in this week’s coaches’ poll.
What 2 watch 4: Portales will be looking for ways to speed the game up against NMMI. Rams coach Mark Gallegos said they usually mix things up by running zone and some man-to-man press to keep teams off-balance.

District 4-3A
    Dist.    All
Portales    4-0    14-7
Lovington    2-2    8-12
Ruidoso    2-2    8-14
NMMI    1-3     10-11
Dexter     1-3    6-15

Girls
Portales at Lovington
District 4-3A
When: 7 p.m. today
Records: Portales 11-9, 2-0. Lovington 16-6, 2-0.
At stake: The district lead
Last outing: Portales lost to Roswell 37-29. Lovington beat Ruidoso 54-55.
Last meeting: Portales beat Lovington 64-57, 47-44 last year in district play.
Notes: Lovington has won three straight games. The Wildcats are tied for third in Class 3A with St. Michael’s in this week’s Class 3A coaches’ poll. Portales is fourth. Lovington is 10-0 when it has scored 60 or more points, 6-6 when it scores less than 60. Portales has scored 60 points or more twice this season.
Lovington players to watch: Kenzie Black, 5-8, So., G.
What 2 watch 4: Portales coach Clay Stout said Lovington likes to shoot three-pointers and will try to speed up the game. On defense, Lovington likes to slip into a box-in-one and triangle-in-two to keep teams off-balance.
District 4-3A
    Dist.    All
Lovington    2-0    16-6
Portales    2-0    11-9
Ruidoso    0-2    13-8
Dexter    0-2    3-16