For the Mountain Mail
SOCORRO -- Halfway through district play the Socorro Warriors’ Boys Basketball team find itself in first place and undefeated.
In fact, the Warriors have beaten each of their district opponents by an average of 25.7 points. The Warriors took care of the winless Cobre Indians, 80-38 last Friday night in Socorro then traveled to Hatch on Tuesday night and took care of the Bears 84-74.
Socorro is 3-0 in district play and are currently in first place in District 3-3A. The Warriors will be looking toward a first place finish in district play which will give them home court advantage for the district tournament.
“We hope to be district champs, that is our first goal,” Head Coach Lawrence Baca said. “If we are district champs then we will automatically hold the first round game in the state tournament. We will hope for the first round then go from there.”
The Warriors will travel to Cobre on Feb. 12 then to T or C on Feb. 16. Senior night, and the final home game of the season will be held on Friday, Feb. 19 in the Warrior dome.
The Indians (0-13, 0-1) kept pace with the Warriors early in the game only trailing Socorro 18-14 at the end if the first quarter. However that was as close as it would get for the struggling Indians, the Warriors outscored the Indians 29-9 in the second quarter giving them a 47-23 halftime lead.
The Warriors’ onslaught continued in the second half going on an 18-0 run that spanned from the third quarter into the fourth quarter. The mercy rule was enacted in the third quarter and the Warriors cruised to the win.
Jared Marquez led the Warriors with 26 points followed by Kenneth DeCosta and Zach Esquivel contributing 10 each.
Tuesday night, the Bears (3-10, 0-2) gave the Warriors a scare on the road. It was the Bears’ senior night so they came out “pumped up” according to Baca.
“We came out flat and gave them confidence,” he said.
Socorro held a one-point lead at halftime. However the Warriors were able to control the emotional Bears to claim their third district victory.
“It was a big win for us and was a lot closer than we expected,” said Baca. “We will take the win but we need to play a little better on the road.”
Senior Erik Garcia had 37 points for the Warriors.
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