Photo: 1 Uriah Tenette on his way for a basket
Varsity Boys Basketball
Uriah Tenette razzled and dazzled the home crowd with a 33 point performance in the Badgers 73-57 win over the Marcos de Niza Padres. Zane Gaul added 18 and eight rebounds.
The Badgers fell behind early 7-4, but put a string of baskets together to close out the first quarter with a seven point lead. The lead grew slightly in the second quarter as the Badgers led 31-22 at the half.
As Prescott slowly added to their lead a scary moment occurred when Gaul came crashing to the floor after a slam dunk. He was helped to his feet and had his wrist taped up by trainer Trent James. Gaul said, “I am a little sore right now but all things considered I am ok.” As for the game itself, “That’s my boy, James (Steward). He is on my club team. We had real good battle on. Just wish I hadn’t gotten hurt, but I will be fine. I will be ready to go on Monday.”
Photo: 22 Josiah Peoples
The rest of the third quarter saw the lead grow a little more with Prescott up 55-43. The Padres fell behind by 18 early in the fourth, then closed the gap to 12 with a couple minutes left, before falling by 16.
Tenette, said, “We need to figure out how to start games off better. We have a good team coming up (Deer Valley), and we need to show up from the start against them.”
Prescott (6-1) will be tested with a big game at Deer Valley on Monday. The Skyhawks are undefeated at (7-0). Tip time is 7 pm.
PRESCOTT BADGERS 73, MARCOS DE NIZA PADRES 57
MARCOS DE NIZA (57)-Walker 6 1-2 14, D. Drew 2 1-1 5, M. Drew 2 0-0 5, Washington 5 0-1 10, Steward 10 0-0 20, Doyle 0 0-0 0, Clark 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Garcia 0 0-2 0. 25 2-6 57.
PRESCOTT(73)-Tenette 12 6-6 33, Fundalewicz 0 2-2 2, Contreras 0 2-2 2, Diener 1 2-4 5, Gaul 9 0-0 18, Lyon 2 0-0 5, Peoples 1 1-2 4, Bernardo 2 0-0 4, Tobin 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0. 27 13-16 73.
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Marcos de Niza 11 11 21 14 – 57
Prescott 18 13 24 18 – 73
Total Fouls-MDN 15, P 13
Fouled Out-Walker
Three Point Baskets-MDN 5, P 6
SCOREBOARD
Antelope Union 84, Bagdad 32
Bradshaw Mountain 63, Coconino 45
Chino Valley 68, River Valley 49
Combs 61, Coronado 50
Cortez 80, Washington 42
Flagstaff 72, Winslow 62
Lee Williams 60, Kingman 48
Mingus 59, Lake Havasu 49
Seligman 52, Mayer 46
Tempe 65, Barry Goldwater 49
Varsity Girls Basketball
The Running Lady Badgers ran away with an 89-14 win on the road of the Marcos de Niza Padres.
Prescott improved to (5-3) on the season with another impressive performance featuring the high flying offense and their smothering defense.
Addie Prisciandaro led all scorers with 26, and creating six steals. Rylee Hobson had 20. Sophomore Ruby Jensen recorded her first double-double of the season with 16 points, 15 rebounds, and six steals. Lilly James added nine.
The Lady Badgers will play at Mountain Ridge on Saturday at 5 pm, before returning home to face Flagstaff in the Grand Canyon Region opener for both schools.
PRESCOTT LADY BADGERS 89, MARCOS DE NIZA PADRES 14
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Prescott 25 27 24 13 – 89
Marcos de Niza 10 2 2 0 – 14
PRESCOTT (89)-Prisciandaro 26, Hobson 20, Jensen 16, James 9. No other stats available.
MARCOS DE NIZA (14)-Cooper 1 0-0 3, Rodriquez 2 0-0 4, Morales 1 0-0 3, Briseno 0 1-2 1, Verdugo 0 0-0 0, Lutostanski 0 1-2 1, De Leon 1 0-0 2, Underwood 0 0-0 0. 5 2-6 14.
SCOREBOARD
Bagdad 38, Antelope Union 10
Flagstaff 70, Tuba City 37
Lee Williams 42, Kingman 26
Mayer 46, Seligman 24
Mingus 73, Lake Havasu 21
Sunrise Mountain 81, Coconino 45
