For the Mountain Mail
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -- The fourth-ranked Socorro Lady Warriors (16-5, 1-0) traveled to No. 10 Hot Springs (10-10, 0-1) for its district opener and came away with a 63-41 victory Tuesday, Feb 2.
Socorro coach Joseph Garcia was concerned going into the district matchup.
“This is a good team and they’re ranked. I don’t remember the last time they were ranked. They beat Deming bad earlier in the year and lost to undefeated Cliff by only four points.
Socorro got off to 12-4 start with senior Roxanne Silva providing nine points. Kianna Gonzalez added a three-pointer. With Socorro playing a full-court trap defense, Hot Springs scored its first points with 4:45 left in the first quarter. Hot Springs scored six straight points, but Socorro point guard Tristen Peralta drove the lane for a layup as the first-quarter buzzer sounded to give the Warriors a 16-10 lead.
In the second quarter, Hot Springs still tried to defend Socorro with its man-ot-man defense, but to little avail. Socorro’s defense began to wear down Hot Springs, forcing numerous turnovers and steals for easy layups. Silva poured in 20 points to help the Lady Warriors to a 31-19 halftime lead.
Socorro extended its margin in the third quarter. Midway through the quarter, Jaden Jones, Samantha Sedillo, Jones and Jasmyn Jaramillo scored on consecutive layups to help the Lady Warriors to a 49-28 lead.
Garcia, though, was not pleased because his team had some ballhandling problems.
“We had not been turning it over since earlier in the year,” Garcia said. “It cost us in some games. That’s something we will work hard on tomorrow in practice.
“A win is a win. In district, this is a good way to start. Friday, we go to Cobre. There’s one we can’t stumble on either. We’ll be prepared for that.”
Hot Springs coach Walt Sanchez wasn’t too happy either.
“It’s a situation where they were not ready to play and Socorro did a heck of a job. Garcia always has his team ready to play. I can’t speak enough about Silva.
“ I don’t know if there’s anyone on our boys club that can guard her. She’s a special player and gave us headaches. She’s just tough and gave us a lot of problems. Socorro’s defensive pressure gave us a lot of problems too.”
Silva finished with 32 points, Jones added 10, Brittany McDaniel added eight points and Samantha Sedillo had six. Sam Trujillo had 14 for Hot Springs. Socorro will be at Cobre Friday and will return home Tuesday to play Hatch Valley.
Photo: The Socorro girls basketball tean had no problem winning its district opener at Hot Springs. (Pictured: Socorro junior Samantha Sedillo)
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