Badgers Title Hopes Take Another Hit in 49-46 Loss: High School Basketball Roundup

Photo: 35 Drew Jolley powers his way inside for two of his 13 points

Varsity Boys Basketball

The Prescott Badgers lost a nail biter to the Mingus Marauders 49-46 in the Badger Dome, snapping a 12 game win streak over the Marauders dating back to January 2019. The loss also drops them two games back of first place Coconino in the Grand Canyon Region.

The game was close throughout with the both teams holding a five point lead at one time. Prescott, ranked #23 in the latest 4A polls drilled 15 three pointers in their win over Lee Williams on Friday but were crickets beyond the arc last night.

Mingus, ranked #22, came in looking to extend their nine game winning streak. The Marauders jumped out to a 5-0 lead, but the Badgers responded with 9 in a row to lead 9-5. Mingus then went on a 7-2 run to lead 12-11 after one quarter.

Caden Lozen got the fans excited with a slam dunk giving the Badgers a  14-13 lead early in the second quarter, but it was a defensive battle for the remainder of the quarter with Prescott leading 20-19 at the break.

Photo: 23 Jack Golleher led the Badgers with 17

The offenses came alive in the third quarter in what would continue the back and forth contest as the teams exchanged leads. An old fashioned three point play by Drew Jolley equaled the Badgers largest lead of 5 at 38-33. Mingus once again came back trimming the Prescott lead to just one at 38-37 heading into the final eight minutes.

The Marauders went on top 39-38, but Prescott responded by scoring the next six to lead 44-40 with three plus minutes remaining. The momentum had shifted back to the Badgers and it appeared that they had the potential to pull away, but that was not the case.

Mingus tied the game at 46 on a three point basket by Ricky Villalobos with 1:20 left. After Prescott missed a shot, the Marauders were scrambling to score as the shot clock was about to expire. The Badgers got called for a foul on the loose ball with and a technical foul on Prescott quickly followed.  The result was the Marauders made one of two free throws, but more importantly had the ball again with a new shot clock and 43 seconds remaining.

Prescott fouled with 17 seconds left and Ethan Baird made the two free throws. The Badgers, trailing by three at this point desperately needed that first three point basket, but two contested attempts were tipped and failed as time ran out.

The Badgers fall to (4-2) in the Grand Canyon Region, (8-11) overall, will host the Mohave Thunderbirds in the Badger Dome on Friday at 7pm. Mingus (4-1), (16-4), will travel to play Coconino tonight at 7pm.

MINGUS MARAUDERS 49, PRESCOTT BADGERS 46

MINGUS (49)-Ayala 3 0-0 7, Villabolos 3 3-4 10, Korolowicz 1 1-2 3, Baird 4 3-5 12, Bass 5 0-0 12, Porkalec 0 0-0 0, Phillips 0 3-4 3, Ekwall 1 0-0 2, Ruiz 0 0-0 0. 17 10-15 49.

PRESCOTT (46)-Stedman 1 2-4 4, Lozen 4 1-2 9, Golleher 7 3-4 17, Jolley 4 5-5 13, Patterson 0 0-0 0, Jimenez 0 0-0 0, Tenney 1 0-0 2, Kleinman 0 0-1 0, Molnar 0 0-0 0, Dicker 0 0-0 0. 17 11-16 46.

Score by Quarters-          1       2       3       4    –    T

Mingus                              12     7      18     12  –   49

Prescott                            11     9      18       8   –   46

Fouled Out-None

Technical Foul-Prescott

Total Fouls-M 18, P 15

Three Pointers-M (5)-Bass 2, Ayala 1, Baird 1, Villalobos 1. P (0).

GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS

School-                            W-L       W-L

Coconino                         6-0       14-3

Mingus                             4-1       16-4

Prescott                           4-2        8-11

Flagstaff                           4-2       12-8

Bradshaw Mountain      1-4        2-8

Mohave                            1-6        4-13

Lee Williams                    0-5        1-10

BOYS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD

Mingus 49, Prescott 46

Trinity Christian 57, Adobe Mountain 44

Chino Valley 53, Wickenburg 34

Flagstaff 81, Mohave 45

Antelope Union 60, Mayer 35

Great Hearts Anthem 49, Bagdad 41

The Trinity Christian Warriors had four players in double figures as they went on to beat the Adobe Mountain Bulldogs 57-44 in Prescott.

Connor Wallace led the four with 15 points. Dylan Furrer 14.

Ethan Downing and Zeek Chun added 11.

The game was close through three quarters till the Warriors broke it open in the final eight minutes.

Trinity Christian (9-3) will play at Tri-City Prep tonight at 6pm. Adobe Mountain falls to (7-2).

TRINITY CHRISTIAN WARRIORS 57, ADOBE MOUNTAIN BULLDOGS 44

ADOBE MOUNTAIN (44)-Rubakava 3 2-7 8, Ebright 4 1-2 17, Carranza 6 2-4 14, Rivera 2 0-0 4, Huckaby 1 0-0 3, Mobanc 3 0-1 6. 19 5-14 44.

TRINITY CHRISTIAN (57)-Downing 4 2-6 11, Furrer 7 0-1 14, Dykstra 0 0-0 0, Wallace 5 2-4 15, Chun 5 1-2 11, Lecaze 2 0-0 4, Wright 0 0-0 0, Hurtt 0 0-0 0, Matock 1 0-0 2, Sharp 0 0-0 0, Gustavson 0 0-0 0, Kleinjan 0 0-0 0.  24 5-13 57.

Score by Quarters-      1       2       3       4     –    T

Adobe Mountain        12    12     10     10     –  44

Trinity Christian          13    16     10     18     –  57

Fouled Out-None

Total Fouls-AM 15, TC 15

Three Pointers-AM (1)-Huckaby 1. TC (6)-Wallace 3, Downing 3.

 Varsity Girls Basketball

Ella Steidinger scored 22 points that included five baskets from three point land in the Trinity Christian Lady Warriors 54-11 blowout over the Western Tech Lady Aztecs.

Bryn Herbert and Abigail Walters each scored 7 points as the Lady Warriors led 34-7 at the half.

Trinity Christian remains unbeaten at (12-0), while Western Tech falls for the first time this season is (9-1).

The Lady Warriors will play Heritage Academy in Mesa on Monday at 6pm.

TRINITY CHRISTIAN LADY WARRIORS 54, WESTERN TECH LADY AZTECS 11

WESTERN TECH (11)-Felix 1 0-0 3, Borno 1 0-0 2, James 2 0-0 4, Palacios 0 0-0 0, Rendon 1 0-0 2.

TRINITY CHRISTIAN (54)-H. Steidinger 1 0-0 2, Ullyof 1 0-0 2, Walters 3 0-0 7, E. Steidinger 8 1-4 22, Laporte 1 0-0 2, Herbet 3 1-6 7, Crotts 0 0-2 0, Zorich 2 0-0 4, Frausto 4 0-2 8. 23 2-14 54.

Score by Quarters-   1      2      3      4   –    T

Western Tech            7      0      4      0   –   11

Trinity Christian       14    20    16     4   –   54

Fouled Out- None

Total Fouls-WT 12, TC 8

Three Pointers- WT (1)-Felix 1. TC (6)-E. Steidinger 5, Walters 1

The Prescott Lady Badgers beat the Mingus Lady Marauders 65-38 in Cottonwood to remain unbeaten in the Grand Canyon Region.

Addie Prisciandaro led all scorers with 22 and Bella Abt added 16.

Lilly James and Rose Martinez each knocked down a three pointer as Prescott led 22-12 after the first quarter. In quarter number two, Prisciandaro knocked down three from downtown to increase the Lady Badgers lead to 37-21 at the half.

Leading 53-30 after three quarters, gave everyone a chance to get some minutes in on the court.

Prescott is ranked #2 behind top ranked Salpointe Catholic will host Mohave on Friday at 5:30pm.

GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS

School-                            W-L       W-L

Prescott                           6-0       18-3

Flagstaff                           5-1       14-5

Mingus                             4-1       12-5

Lee Williams                    3-3        7-11

Bradshaw Mountain      1-4      11-10

Coconino                          1-4        6-9

Mohave                            0-7        1-14

GIRLS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD

Trinity Christian 54, Western Tech 11

Prescott 65, Mingus 38

Lee Williams 52, Bradshaw Mountain 45

Flagstaff 82, Mohave 7

Wickenburg 41, Chino Valley 39

Mayer 50, Antelope Union 31

Great Hearts Anthem 37, Bagdad 14