Mavericks-Medina Valley Basketball Game Report: Fri. Feb. 1, 2019

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C.C. WINN BASKETBALL HOOPS REPORT

Mavericks fall to

Medina Valley Panthers 74 to 47

Diego Rodriguez registers a double-double

By: Conrado Perez, Jr. – Eagle Pass Sports Central

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The C.C. Winn Mavericks varsity boys’ basketball squad under the guidance of head coach Paulo Valero and assistant coaches Julio Cumpian, Patrick Sanchez and Eric Ramos continued to wind down their district hard court hoops battles on Friday, February1, 2019 with a road trip down Highway 90 East to Castroville, Texas to tip-off against the Medina Valley Panthers in a 6:300 PM District 28-5A hoops encounter which saw the gutsy and valiant visiting Mavericks hang tough throughout the entire first half of play before wearing down in the second half to eventually fall by the final score of 74 to 47 to the much taller and more athletic Medina Valley Panthers.

Following report courtesy of head coach Paulo Valero:

Fresh off their 2nd district win the C.C. Winn varsity boys’ basketball team ventured to Castroville, TX to take on a red hot Medina Valley team looking to get closer to their playoff berth. The young Mavs were looking to play spoiler, albeit without their leading scorer Jairo Maldonado who was out for this game.

The Mavericks game plan was to change things up constantly to disrupt the Panthers offensive flow. The smaller Mavericks were able to maneuver early and often through the Panthers press and Coach Neely had to take several timeouts to make adjustments, until he finally backed off his press and had to play at the half-court level. Diego Rodriguez continued to finish inside for the Mavs with their press break being bed by the likes of Moe Gaytan and Eric Sanchez.

Sophomores Alex Rodriguez and Ram Corpus early 3s were able to keep the game tight in the first half as they were not only in rhythm on offense but being disruptive on the defensive end as well. The first half ended with Medina Valley hitting a buzzer beater as they were able to extend their lead from 4 to 6 points into the break.

The Mavericks were still able to fight strong in the 3rd quarter, but as hard as they were playing they were giving up too many free-throws to the experienced and much bigger Panthers. The 3rd quarter saw the Panthers go to the line 14 times as they were able to connect for half of their points in the frame.

It wasn't until the final frame though that Medina Valley was able to pull away. The shots just weren't falling for the Mavericks and Medina Valley slowly pulled away for a 27 point win that was not indicative of the fight and resolve that our Mavericks showed. Lots of respect was exchanged by the 2 teams afterwards especially between the 2 team captains as they both knew it was a battle for both teams. The Mavericks this upcoming week take on the up and coming Southwest Legacy Titans on Tuesday at the SAC and finish off the week Friday night at San Antonio vs. the Southwest Dragons.

Scoring by Quarters:

WINN MEDINA VALLEY

1 10 15

2 13 14

3 10 17

4 12 28

Final 47 74

Mavericks Individual Stats:

Alex Rodriguez 5 points 3 steals

Angel Huerta 3 point 2 assists

Ram Corpus 3 points 2 steals

Diego Rodriguez 15 points 10 rebounds 2 steals 2 blocks

Moe Gaytan 19 points 11 rebounds 2 steals 2 blocks 2 assists