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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Monday, January 5, 2004
Point droughts hamper Eagles to open 2004
For the Pecos Eagle girls, it was the third period. For the boys it was
the second quarter. For both Eagle basketball teams, it was another
offensive drought that sent them down to road losses to start 2004 on
Friday and Saturday.
Pecos' girls ended a 13-day break in Crane, scoring only three
points in the third period of a 49-29 loss to the Cranes. Meanwhile the
Eagle boys, who were shut out in the fourth period of their final game
of 2003, managed only two points in the second quarter of their first
game of the new year on Saturday in Andrews, and saw a 13-13 tie with
the Mustangs turn into a 36-15 halftime deficit, on the way to a 67-48
loss.
Friday's game was the first of a home-and-home series for Pecos'
girls with Crane, and the host Cranes outscored the Eagles in all four
quarters.
"We had about 40-41 turnovers," said Eagles' coach Veronica
Valenzuela. "Not only that, but our offense couldn't buy a bucket. I
think we were 1-for-12, 3-for-12 and 1-for-10 in the first three
quarters."
Despite the poor shooting, Pecos managed to scored nine points in
each of the opening periods, but still trailed 27-18 going into the
third period. The three-point quarter allowed the Cranes to widen their
margin to 35-21 going into the final eight minutes of play.
"As far as defense goes, they got 8-10 points off the fast break,
because we weren't hustling back. I don't know if that was because we
were off for so long, but I hope we do better on Tuesday," Valenzuela
said.
Leslie Rodriguez had eight points to lead the Eagles, who are 3-11
going into their rematch with Crane (6-11) on Tuesday, which will also
be the 2003-04 basketball season home opener for Pecos' girls.
Pecos' boys played almost the exact same game against Andrews on
Saturday as they did at home back in November, falling apart on offense
in the second quarter after going into the period tied with the
Mustangs.
"We just struggled again in the second quarter. We had a lot of
unforced turnovers and missed a couple of jumpers, and it just got
Andrews going," said Eagles' coach Joe Flores. "In a 3-4 minute span
Andrews hit three 3-pointers and that separated them from us in the
game right there."
Andrews' lead would grow to 52-21 after three periods, before Pecos
more than doubled their point total in the fourth quarter.
"The 27 points was probably our best quarter of the year as far as
our offense goes. We ran it well and did a lot of good things," Flores
said. "At times we play well, but then at times we looked really bad."
Oscar Parada led the Eagles in scoring for the fourth straight game,
this time with 16 points, while Justin Lara had 14. Kelvin Roberts, who
had three of Andrews six 3-point baskets, led all scorers with 19
points.
The loss dropped Pecos to 6-10 on the season. The boys will also be
home to Crane this week, but on Friday, while going to Big Spring on
Tuesday night to face the Steers.
Friday, girls
PECOS (29)
Rodriguez 3 1-2 8; Carrasco 1 1-4 3; D. Garcia 1 5-7 7; Dunn 0 0-0 0;
Valdez 0 0-1 0; Hinojos 0 0-0 0; O. Mendoza 1 0-0 2; V. Garcia 0 0-0 0;
Armendariz 3 1-2 7; Mazone 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 8-16 29.
CRANE (49)
Gonzales 7 0-0 14; Henderson 1 1-2 3; Frymire 1 1-3 3; Schul 3 2-4 8;
Crumrine 0 0-0 0; Sandoval 4 2-2 10; Baker 4 3-7 11; Classon 0 0-2 0.
Totals - 20 9-22 49.
Pecos 9 9 3 8 - 29
Crane 16 11 8 14 - 49
Three-point goals - Pecos 1 (Rodriguez). Technical foul" Crane,
Henderson. Fouled out: None. Total fouls: Pecos 17, Crane 16.
Saturday, boys
PECOS (48)
Parada 6 3-6 16, Morales 2 0-5 4, Pina 0 0-0 0; J. Reyes 2 0-0 5, Lara
4 6-8 14, Bustamates 0 0-0 0; V. Reyes 4 1-2 9; Medina 0 0-0 0. Totals
18 10-21 48
ANDREWS (67)
Haygood 2 0-0 5, Hooper 4 1-1 10, Bailey 0 0-0 0; Rodriguez 1 0-0 3,
Hernandez 7 0-0 14, Roberts 6 4-4 19, Ramirez 3 0-0 6, Rhodes 5 0-2 10;
Harvey 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 5-7 67
Pecos 13 2 6 27 48
Andrews 13 23 16 15 67
Three-point goals: Pecos 2 (Parada 1, Reyes 1); Andrews 6 (Haygood 1,
Hooper 1, Rodriguez 1, Roberts 3). Technical Fouls: Andrews, Roberts.
Fouled outNone. Total fouls: Pecos 7, Andrews 15.
Pecos Enterprise
York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher
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324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772
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