Photo: Uriah Tenette splits the defenders for a layup in the first half for two of his game high 25 points
Varsity Boys Basketball
The Prescott Badgers returned home after a road trip split and beat the ALA-Gilbert North Eagles 62-37 in the Badger Dome.
The Eagles came out flying, knocking down three baskets for a 7-0 lead. The Badgers responded with four buckets and took an 8-7 lead. The teams then exchanged a pair of baskets before Prescott began to take control and build a nine point lead at the end of the first quarter.
Gilbert North continued to struggle and fall further behind thanks in part to a tenacious defensive effort by Prescott. Even when Zane Gaul came out early in the second quarter, the Badgers extended the lead. Cooper Magnett knocked down three straight baskets to extend the lead to 31-15.
Uriah Tenette scored 21 of his 25 points in the first half, reaching a personal milestone by scoring his 2000th career point, as the Badgers led 41-22 at the half.
Tenette said, “We got off to a slow start tonight but that didn’t last very long. I just want to say congratulations to Zane on reaching a thousand points. Reaching 2000 for me is a dream come true for me. I just go out every game and do all I can. Scoring the points is great but it is really about our team, getting better every game and our goal to win state.”
Photo: Zane Gaul had a big game inside scoring 19 points for the Badgers
The second half was much of the same as Prescott won easily to improve to (3-1) on the season. Zane Gaul finished with 19 points, and reached the 1000th career point milestone the night before in the win at Arcadia said, “It’s good to get to that point but I am more focused on our team and our ability to play at the level we need to. Congratulations to Uriah, we have been playing together all four years and it is great to see him achieve these accomplishments.”
ALA-Gilbert North drops to (5-3). The Badgers will get a little break before playing in the Nike Tournament of Champions hosted by Red Mountain High School in Mesa, starting off with Rolling Hills from California on January 2 at 1:30pm.
Prescott will return home on January 7 to host Coconino in the opener of Grand Canyon Region play.
PRESCOTT BADGERS 62, ALA-GILBERT NORTH EAGLES 37
ALA-GILBERT NORTH (37)-Grant 2 2-2 8, T. Morris 2 2-4 6, C. Morris 4 0-0 9, Speed 1 0-0 2, Babic 2 0-0 5, Massey 0 3-4 3, Brimhall 0 0-0 0, Jensen 0 0-0 0, Thomas 1 0-0 2, Gardner 1 0-0 2. 13 7-10 37.
PRESCOTT (62)-Magnett 3 0-0 6, Tenette 6 12-12 25, Fundalewicz 0 0-0 0, Gaul 9 1-2 19, Peoples 3 0-0 6, Vanderploeg 1 0-0 2, Diener 2 0-0 4, Bernardo 0 0-0 0, Golleher 0 0-0 0, Miller-Terry 0 0-0 0, Richardson 0 0-0 0. 24 13-14 62.
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
ALA-Gilbert North 14 8 6 7 – 37
Prescott 23 18 15 5 – 62
Total Fouls-ALA GN 12, P14
Fouled Out-None
Three Pointers-ALA-GN (4)-Grant 2, C. Morris 1, Babic 1. P (1)-Tenette 1.
The Bradshaw Mountain Bears slipped to (4-5) on the season with a 66-38 loss at Cactus Shadows.
Preston Ranniker led Bradshaw Mountain with 12 points and Kylin Jackson added 11.
The Falcons improved to (6-1) with the win. The Bears remain winless on the road and will return home to host Cactus tonight at 7pm.
BOYS SCOREBOARD
Prescott 62, ALA-Gilbert North 37
Cactus Shadows 66, Bradshaw Mountain 38
Camp Verde 60, Chino Valley 44
ALA-Queen Creek 79, Mingus 59
Arcadia 67, Mohave 38
Ash Fork 39, Mayer 35
Bagdad 43, Wickenburg 35
Basis Flagstaff 82, Sedona Red Rock 63
Deer Valley 75, Coconino 45
Dysart 52, Thunderbird 50
Flagstaff 73, Poston Butte 46
Greenway 66, Cactus 33
Kingman Academy 69, Williams 28
Lee Williams 65, Kingman 27
Varsity Girls Basketball
The Lady Badgers improved to (6-3) on the season with a 69-45 win over the ALA-Gilbert North Lady Eagles in Gilbert.
Addy Prisciandaro led the Lady Badgers with 22 points and Bella Abt was right behind with 21.
Jacueline Stanfield led the Eagles with 13 points and 8 rebounds.
Prescott will face St. Mary’s at 11 am on December 23 at the Foot Print Center in Phoenix. The Lady Badgers will return home to host the Lady Badger Winter Classic on January 2-3.
Bradshaw Mountain Lady Bears dropped to (3-2) with a 51-50 nail biting at home to the Cactus Shadows Falcons.
Bradshaw Mountain trailed by as many as 14 points and just came up short in the final minute.
Emma Johnson led the Lady Bears with 18 points. Kalli Smith had a double-double scoring 13 points and pulling down 12 rebounds. Kenna Martinez scored 10. Free Throw shooting hurt Bradshaw Mountain as the Lady Bears only made ten of twenty.
Next up a trip to Phoenix to take on Cactus tonight at 7 pm.
GIRLS SCOREBOARD
Prescott 69, ALA-Gilbert North 45
Cactus Shadows 51, Bradshaw Mountain 50
Camp Verde 48, Chino Valley 34
Deer Valley 36, Coconino 32
Flagstaff 64, Poston Butte 37
Greenway 68, Cactus 16
Lee Williams 49, Kingman 35
Mayer 41, Seligman 36
Mingus 64, ALA-Queen Creek 12
Mohave 46, Arcadia 24
Wickenburg 38, Bagdad 15
