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Sports
Sweetwater Reporter
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 ■ Page 7
Lady Stangs rally
in the second hal
but lose their finale
BY RON HOWELL
Sports Editor
SNYDER — Sweetwater trailed Snyder
by 21 points on the road late in the second
quarter of Tuesday's District 2-3A finale.
But the Lady Mustangs rose up and got
within six points late in the contest before
losing to the Lady Tigers, 58-47.
It was a hopeful sign of things to come
for the Lady Mustangs, who finished
0-10 in district play and 12-19 overall.
This year's team, consisting primarily of
underclassmen, struggled to compete in
a tough district but played much better
over the final weeks after starting out
with losses of more than 30 points to
three of the district's top teams — second-
place Brownwood (7-3), first-place Wylie
(10-0) and Breckenridge (5-5), which is
tied with Graham for third place after
Tuesday's final regular season games.
Sweetwater trailed 15-6 after one quar-
ter and Snyder (3-7) increased its lead to
29-8 in the final minute of the half.
But the Lady Mustangs finally showed
signs of life when 5-3 sophomore guard
Kinsey Browning connected on back-to-
back 3-pointers to cut Snyder's lead back
to a more manageable 15 points, 29-14, at
intermission. And Sweetwater didn't let
up, slicing a 17-point second-half deficit
to six (53-47) with 38 seconds left when
Browning scored again.
But the Lady Mustangs had to foul and
Snyder cashed in, going 5-of-6 at the line
down the stretch to seal the victory.
Sweetwater — which entered district
with five straight wins, including one over
defending Class lA state champion Roby,
and high hopes for a big turnaround after
just three wins in 2009 — got 11 points
from Browning and nine from junior post
Taylor McKoy. Dedra Brown, the only
senior starter on the team, scored eight.
Alicia Finn, a 5-11 sophomore post, had
seven points while freshman point guard
Suede Shirley had six. Lakeisha Robison
scored three points, Candice Hernandez
two and Brittany Lashinski one.
Mustangs hold
off Tigers, 63-57
Playoff-bound Highland
squads split DH with Ira
Although the boys still have one regular
season game left to play on Friday, High-
land's two basketball teams tuned up for the
Class lA, Division II playoffs on Tuesday by
splitting a doubleheader against Ira.
The Highland girls defeated Ira, 40-28,
and will head to the playoffs — which begin
next week — as the No. 2 team in District
14-A, Division II with an 8-2 record (18-7
overall). Roby (10-0) is the district winner.
Highland jumped ahead of Ira 12-4 after
one quarter. The Lady Hornets led 23-15 at
halftime and were ahead 30-20 after three
periods.
Callie Sandusky scored 16 points to pace
Highland, which is in the playoffs for the
ninth straight year.
Also scoring were Jessica McCain and
Shyan Womack with nine points, Lora
Stewart with three points, Kara Hughey
with two and Summer Vardeman with one.
Highland's boys (5-4 district, 9-5 overall)
will go to the playoffs as the No. 3 team in
District 14-A, Division II despite a 53-24
loss to state-ranked Ira (9-0, 24-2), which
held on to first place.
Roby (8-1) hosts Ira in a regular season-
ending showdown this Friday to determine
seeding for the district's top two teams.
Highland was tied with Ira 9-9 after the
first quarter, but Ira was ahead 24-14 by
halftime and led by 21, 41-20, at the end of
three quarters of play.
Cameron Cox had eight points to lead the
Hornets, who were also a playoff team this
past season. Jordan Basye had six points,
Nick Richburg and Thomas Stewart four
and Todd Mueller two.
BY RON HOWELL
Sports Editor
SNYDER — Don't count
the Mustangs out just yet.
Despite leading for the
vast majority of the game
and holding several double-
digit advantages, Sweet-
water had to survive a final
Snyder rally before escap-
ing with a 63-57 road win
on Tuesday — keeping the
Mustangs in contention for
a District 2-3A playoff spot.
Sweetwater (4-4) pulled
within a game of third-place
Brownwood (5-3) after the
Lions fell 66-55 on Tuesday
to first-place Graham (8-0).
Wylie (6-2) is now alone in
second place after beating
Breckenridge 66-40.
Sweetwater — which
last made it to the playoffs
in 2008 — will travel to
Brownwood on Friday, then
ends the season by hosting
Wylie on Feb. 16.
The Mustangs got off to
a great start in Tuesday's
game against Snyder (1-7),
holding the Tigers to one
field goal in the first quar-
ter en route to a taking a
16-4 lead. Sweetwater built
its advantage to 14 (25-11)
midway through the second
quarter, but Snyder ral-
Kelley
lied with an 11-0 run to get
within three until Paxton
Kelley — who had 17 of
his game-high 26 points in
the first half — scored with
37 seconds left to restore
the Mustangs' lead to five
points (27-22) at halftime.
Sweetwater's Jacob Blue-
ford scored to make it 29-25
early in the third quarter,
but Snyder ran off the next
five points to take its first
lead of the game, 30-29.
Kelley put the Mustangs
ahead for good (39-37) at
the end of the third quarter.
Then Sweetwater spurted
again, going on an 11-0 run
in the fourth period to make
it 52-40 with 4:30 left, and
held two more 12-point
leads (54-42 and 56-44)
until things got dicey. A trey
by Snyder's Dakota Carroll
finished a 10-0 run that cut
the Mustangs' lead to 56-54
with 2:14 to play, but Sweet-
water was able to revive.
Kelley ended the run at
the 1:48 mark, but a con-
ventional three-point play
by Snyder's Anthony Taylor
made it a one-point game 12
seconds later. Sweetwater
finally prevailed, however,
by hitting 5-of-6 free throws
— four by Jason Vause and
one by Kelley — over the
game's final 41 seconds
while the defense kept the
Tigers from scoring again.
Vause, who was scoreless
in the first half, finished
with 14 points while Chase
Sims also reached double
figures with 11 points for the
Mustangs. Blueford had six
points, Ken Norman four
and Jake Lawrence two.
Taylor paced Snyder with
20 points, including three
of the Tigers' six treys.
Sweetwater head coach A1
Hunt called the win "huge."
"We had to win this one:' he
said. "The kids played great
and turned up the defensive
intensity. We also got on
the boards and that's key
because of their shooters.
We couldn't afford to give
them more than one shot."
JV andfreshman boys lose
The Sweetwater JV and freshman boys
basketball teams came out on the short end
against Snyder in sub-varsity basketball
action Tuesday in Snyder.
Sweetwater's JV lost, 39-28, to drop to
3-5 in district play and 8-17 overall. Sweet-
water trailed by a point, 19-18, at halftime,
but was outscored 12-3 in the third quarter.
The Mustangs' top scorer was Zzack Rhodes
with 12 points, while Anthony Palacios had
eight including a 3-pointer. Matt Kitchens,
Tino Martinez, Gabriel Medellin and Kevin
Sepeda all had two points.
Meanwhile, the freshman boys (11-10,
2-6) suffered their second overtime loss
against Snyder this season, falling 40-38
after a 37-all tie in regulation that came
when Ryan Linebaugh scored on a putback
just before the buzzer sounded. However,
the Mustangs could manage only one free
throw in the three-minute overtime.
Linebaugh and Kyle McSherry each had
10 points for Sweetwater, with McSherry
hitting a 3-pointer. Nick Nemir scored six
points, Chris Boyd five, Sean Morrow four
and Brandon Howell three.
Raiders hold of "second-half rally for 72-71 win over OU
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -
Oklahoma's first ever No.
1 NBA draft pick was back
in the Lloyd Noble Center
and even joked with the
crowd that he was relishing
a weekend upset over rival
Texas.
Then John Roberson and
Texas Tech came in and
spoiled it all.
Roberson scored 22
points and Mike Singletary
made enough plays down
the stretch to help the Red
Raiders hold off a second-
half rally for a 72-71 victory
Tuesday night, snapping
the Sooners' 31-game home
winning streak against
unranked opponents.
Texas Tech (16-7, 4-5 Big
12) built a 12-point lead
early in the second half and
was able to stave off a series
of comebacks to break a
six-game losing streak and
sweep the season series
from the Sooners.
The Red Raiders didn't
score after Singletary's
layup off a Roberson lob
made it 72-67 with 2:28 left,
Mavericks and Rockets both lose big
DENVER (AP) - Carmelo
Anthony got an unexpected
breather in his return from
an ankle injury.
Anthony, who missed the
previous eight games with a
sprained left ankle, scored
19 points before joining
other Denver starters on
the bench for the fourth
quarter as the Nuggets had
their most lopsided win of
the season, 127-91 against
the Dallas Mavericks on
Tuesday night.
The victory margin against
a Dallas team that Denver
eliminated in last season's
semifinal round of the play-
offs surpassed the Nuggets'
previous high of 28 points,
which they achieved twice
in wins against Toronto and
New Jersey in November.
Though Denver beat
Dallas for the sixth time
in seven meetings, the
Mavericks defeated the
Nuggets in their previous
encounter in December at
the Pepsi Center, dealing
one of the Nuggets' four
losses in 27 home games
this season.
Nene led Denver with
21 points, Chauncey Bil-
lups added 16 and Chris
Andersen had 14 points to
go with 10 rebounds.
Heat 99, Rockets 66
MIAMI (AP) - Eager
to snap a five-game los-
ing streak, Miami raced to
its largest halftime lead of
the season and beat short-
handed Houston.
Dwayne Wade finished
with 17 points, seven assists,
five steals and one sore nose.
He sat out the fourth quarter
and was also on the bench for
a breather to start the second
period, when the Heat out-
scored Houston 17-4 to go up
41-20. By halftime the margin
reached 56-31. The Rockets
played without guards Trevor
Ariza (hip pointer) and Kyle
Lowiy (sprained left ankle).
but that proved to be just
enough cushion.
Willie Warren andTommy
Mason-Griffin each missed
potential game-winning
3-pointers in the final 5 sec-
onds as Oklahoma (13-10,
4-5) absorbed a dishearten-
ing blow to its postseason
hopes.
Former Oklahoma star
Blake Griffin, the No. 1 pick
in last year's NBA draft,
returned to Norman for the
first time this season and was
presented with the NCAA
Sportsmanship Award dur-
ing a halftime ceremony.
He finished his comments
by saying he was even more
proud of his school for beat-
ing then-No. 9 Texas.
He sat courtside and
stood up several times as
the Sooners mounted one
charge after another, only
to have their 12-game home
winning streak snapped.
The run started with their
final regular season home
game last year.
Warren had 18 points
while playing his most
significant minutes since
missing two games with a
sprained ankle, and Tony
Crocker added 16 points and
11 rebounds for Oklahoma.
The Sooners played with-
out suspended freshmen
Steven Pledger and Andrew
Fitzgerald, who were cited
for petty larceny on Saturday
after the team's 80-71 win
against the Longhorns.
Darko Cohadarevic ad-
ded 12 points for Tech,
and Singletary scored 10 —
including eight of the Red
Raiders' 10 points in the
final 6:06.
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