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Fernando Lopez drives and scores in the fourth quarter of Prescott's 66-47 win against Colton on Feb. 2. Lopez and Jose Gonzalez each racked up 21 points to help take the Tigers into post-season competition.
COLTON – The Prescott Tigers are playoff-bound following a 66-47 win against Colton here on Feb. 2. Prescott took control of this game early on with a great first half by Jose Gonzalez and Jonathan Cardenas who combined for 25 points. The game tightened in the 3rd quarter when Jon Bean cut the lead to seven at 44-51 with 4:33 left in the quarter. The score would get no closer and a big fourth quarter by Fernando Lopez put the game out of reach with a 14 point outburst.
After the game, I spoke with head coach Allyn Griffin about whether Prescott would move on to the playoffs. He said they were in but did not know whether they would be playing Wednesday or Thursday as we did not know the outcome of another game that evening. Either way, they will be playing on the road for their next game. This is an exciting team to watch and worth a road trip.
Update: The Tigers will play Oakesdale on Sat., Feb. 9 at Oakesdale at 6 p.m. Win or lose, the Tigers will play next at Colfax on Feb. 13. They will play at 4:30 if they lose against Oakesdale and at 7:30 if they win.
Highlights Prescott - #12 Jonathan Cardenas opens the scoring for Prescott in the 1st quarter. #1 Jose Gonzalez steals and scores with a layup. 2nd quarter #4 Fernando Lopez hits a three pointer with time running out on the shot clock.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Prescott 14 19 11 22 66
Colton 2 11 16 18 47
Prescott: Iglesias 4, López 21, Cardenas 16, Velazco 2, González 21, Ayala 2
Colton: Anderson 6, Wolf 4, Meyer 2, Vining 2, Chadwick 21, Bean 12
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