Mules vs. Hale Center. &
Nazareth Tourny. (12-2&4-6-14)
The Mules opened there basketball
season on the road in Hale Center against the Owls. The Owls started fast but
the Mules caught up before the half and went on for the win 57-48. Over the
weekend the Mules competed in the Nazareth Invitational Tournament.
The Owls flew out of the gate
and had claimed a 13-9 lead over the Mules by the time the first period ended.
Jason Florez stole the ball from the Owls in the first two minutes of the
second period and converted each steal to a basket. The Mules led 15-13 with
just over six minutes left in the half.
Dagen Dunham sank the Mules
first 3-pointer of the season from the right wing. Florez tossed a high pass to
Dunham in the lane. Dunham leaped high in the air and tipped the ball in the
hoop.
The Owls scored twice at the
end of the second period to ease in front of the Mules 25-23.
Florez finished a fast break
to tie the game as the third period started. Saul Sanchez hit a trey after
throwing the ball into to Dunham on the blocks. Dunham passed the ball back to
Sanchez for the open shot.
Florez drove in the lane and
laid the ball up. The ball seemed to hang on the rim for a three count before
it fell in for two points. The Mules had built a 38-33 lead by the end of the
third quarter.
The Mules out scored the Owls
19-15 in the final period for the win.
Florez led the Mules in
scoring with 20 points and Dunham added 17 points. Grey Johnson dropped in six
points, Sanchez made five points and Blayne Shipman made all four of his points
in the second half. Wesley Clarkson and Josh Lopez scored two points each and
JJ Gandara chipped in one point.
The Mules first game in the
Nazareth Tournament was against the Panhandle Panthers. Dunham led the Mules in
a losing effort against the Panthers with 18 points. Tony Castillo stepped up
his game with 12 points and Clarkson dropped in seven.
Danny Campos and Florez
finished with four points each. Gandara and Shipman chipped in two points each.
The loss sent the Mules to
the consolation side of the bracket to face Hale Center for the second time
during the week. The Owls put up a battle but the Mules pulled out a 30-28 win.
Castillo led the Mules with
seven points. Florez and Campos finished with six points each. Clarkson sank a
trey to start the final period. Johnson and Shipman chipped in two points each.
The New Deal Lions fell
victim to the Mules in the third game of the tournament. Dunham had the hot
hand with 23 points and Florez finished with 15. Castillo made a trey and
scored 12 points. Johnson added four points and Campos dropped in three.
Shipman, Gandara, Roman Franco, Sanchez and Lopez chipped in two points each.
Panhandle got beat out of the
winners bracket and sent back to the consolation side of the tournament to meet
the Mules for the Consolation trophy. Panhandle defeated the Mules for the
second time of the tournament 49-26.
The Mules were running low on
gas when they played their second game Saturday against the Panthers. Castillo
led the Mules with eight points and Florez had five. Johnson scored four points
and Dunham had three points. Campos, Shipman and Clarkson chipped in two points
apiece.
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