The Portales Rams hosted the Artesia Bulldogs on February 7, 2020 for a district basketball game. The first period ended in a close score with Artesia only ahead by 1 at the end. In the 2nd is when Artesia began to pull away from the Rams, and both teams went into halftime with a score of 37-30. Portales came out and outscored the Bulldogs 13-9, but it wasn’t enough to close the deficit. And with a losing 4th, Portales ended up being defeated by their Artesia opponent. The final score was 67-59. The Rams are now 8-13 this season.