For the Mountain Mail
SOCORRO -- After two convincing road wins, the Socorro boys basketball team is in the driver’s seat for District 3-3A. The Warriors clinched the regular season district title on Tuesday night in Hot Springs, defeating the Tigers 76-54. The win in T or C came after a 87-31 thrashing of the Cobre Indians in Bayard last Friday night.
The Tigers defeated the Hatch Valley Bears last week and the Warriors defeated the Tigers twice and the Bears once. That gives each the Bears and the Tigers two losses in district play and gives the Warriors (11-13, 5-0) the regular season title regardless of the outcome of the final home game on Friday night against the Bears.
Friday night will not only conclude the regular season play, but it will also be senior night as Kenneth DeCosta, Andrew Contreras, Erik Garcia and Avery Ngo will be honored.
Last Friday night in Cobre, the Warriors had no trouble handling the Indians (0-18) 87-31. Every Warrior was able to get into the scoring column with Jared Marquez leading the way with 24 points. DeCosta and Garcia each had 10 points and Sophomore Ibrahim Maiga added 10 points as well.
Tuesday night in T or C, the Warriors accomplished one goal coach Lawrence Baca and the Warriors set at the beginning of the year -- regular season district champions.
“We got off to another slow start,” Baca told KMXQ after the game. “We can’t do that when it comes to tournament time, when we are playing good teams.”
The Tigers kept the game close until the second half of the game. Socorro held a 48-41 lead until the Warriors’ defense took control. Socorro went on a 21-1 run to extend its margin to 69-42 heading into the fourth quarter.
“We come out lackadaisical for some reason on the road,” Baca said. “The first two and a half quarters our defense just wasn’t there. All year long, we have been trying to find our defense and we are starting to find it now.”
The Warriors went on to win 76-54. Marquez led the Warriors with 33 points. Zach Esquivel had 17 points followed by Garcia with 11.
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