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Badgers Advance In Tournament 66-50

Photo: 10 Zane Gaul drives to the basket

The Prescott Badgers made it two in a row at the Judy Dixon Basketball Tournament at Greenway High School, with a 66-50 win over the Catalina Foothills Falcons.

Three Badger starters, Uriah Tenette, Zane Gaul, and Jake Hilton, combined for 61 of the 66 points. The contest was a lot closer than the previous night, but the Badgers worked hard to build a slim lead after one quarter. The lead grew to 30-25 at the half.

Zane Gaul had another double-double with 15 rebounds to go with his 21 points. The big man in the middle also had four assists and four blocked shots. “Zane did a great job dominating the middle. Even when he is not blocking shots, he is forcing the offensive players to make adjustments on their shots. He is getting in good position to get some high percentage shots as well.” said Badger Coach Travis Stedman.

The Badgers added to their lead, pushing it to double digits, 47-37 after three quarters. The Falcons (9-3) continued to lose ground in the final eight minutes, and never threatened the outcome. Uriah Tenette took care of business at the free throw line, knocking down 14 of 16, finishing with a game high 27 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds. Jake Hilton had another good game with 13 points and 5 rebounds.

Stedman added, “We played a lot better tonight overall, and had to in order to win. Catalina Foothills is a very good team. They will go far in the 5A playoffs.”

The Badgers (6-1) will face Mountain Ridge (3-10) tonight at 6 pm. Prescott opened up their season with a 71-61 road win over Mountain Ridge on December 2.

Other tournament game results from Greenway High School were not made available.

PRESCOTT BADGERS  66, CATALINA FOOTHILLS FALCONS 50

CATALINA FOOTHILLS (50)-Alexander 1 0-0 2, D. Pickney 2 0-0 4, C. Pickney 1 0-0 2, Salkowski 3 0-0 8, Mendoza 7 2-4 16, Egginton 4 3-5 11, Cohen 0 0-0 0, Hopkins 0 0-0 0, Kroeger 0 0-0 0, Baca 0 0-0 0. 18 5-9 50.

PRESCOTT (66)-Magnette 0 1-2 1, Tenette 6 14-16 27, Hilton 6 0-0 13, Gaul 10 1-2 21, Buettner 0 0-0 0, Bassett 1 0-0 2, Lyon 0 0-2 0, Smith 0 0-0 0, Brown 1 0-0 2, Dutson 0 0-0 0, Schuster 0 0-0 0. 24 16-22 66

Score by Quarters-    1        2        3        4     –    T

Catalina Foothills      11     14      12      13    –   50

Prescott                       13     17      17      19   –   66

Total Fouls –CF 17, P 12

Fouled Out-None

Three Pointers- CF(2)- Salkowski 2. P(2)-Tenette 1, Hilton 1

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