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UNM junior guard Clay Patterson, left, and younger brother and Our Lady of the Lake University freshman guard David Patterson, right, were both former state Gatorade Player of the Year winners at Rio Rancho High School. Tuesday, their college teams play each other in Houston. (Photos courtesy UNM Athletics and OLLU Sports Information Department)
Tudor Fieldhouse on the campus of Rice University in Houston is a long way from the backyard court brothers Clay and David Patterson grew up battling each other on in Rio Rancho.
Tuesday, it will have the feel of home.
In a highly improbably sequence of events, the UNM Lobos, for whom 21-year-old Clay Patterson is a junior backup point guard, signed up for three games in Houston. That includes Tuesday’s showdown with San Antonio-based NAIA program Our Lady of the Lake, where David Patterson is a starting freshman shooting guard.