MODESTO — Lathrop High’s boys basketball team will play its sixth game in six days this afternoon when it closes out the Modesto City Classic. The brutal stretch to start the season appeared to take its toll during a turnover-plagued opening half of Friday’s winners-bracket contest with Merced, which led by double digits for most of the game and coasted to a 53-39 win at Gregori High. The Spartans (1-3) play the Golden Valley-Atwater loser today at 1:30 p.m. across town at Downey High.