The San Benito girls basketball team lost its first league game
Friday against visiting Salinas, 63-54.
The Balers weren’t able to figure out a way to stop Rebecca
Fales, who dominated with 27 points for the Cowboys. When Fales
wasn’t scoring herself, she was dishing off to her teammates for
baskets.
The San Benito girls basketball team lost its first league game Friday against visiting Salinas, 63-54.
The Balers weren’t able to figure out a way to stop Rebecca Fales, who dominated with 27 points for the Cowboys. When Fales wasn’t scoring herself, she was dishing off to her teammates for baskets.
“(She) is all she is talked up to be,” said Baler coach Tom Dean. “She is a one-person show.”
The Balers (16-1, 3-1 TCAL) were ahead by a point at the half, but Salinas came out and went on a 21-11 run in the third quarter.
Fales held Trisha Lee to 12 points in the game. Mallorie Wilson also had 12 points and played her best game of the season, Dean said. She was 3 for 3 from the field and 6 for 7 from free-throw line.
Jaime Hall led the Balers with 16 points and 13 rebounds.
“We had a problem clearing the screens they set,” Dean said. “We also weren’t very patient on offense. We would get by the press and fail to set up and run the plays we should to get the ball down low where we have the advantage.”
The Balers will play Notre Dame on Wednesday and Live Oak on Friday.
“If we keep playing as hard as we did tonight and execute just a little better on offense and defense, we can still do some damage in league play,” Dean said.
Salinas 13 16 21 13––63
San Benito 12 18 11 13––54
Salinas: Fales, R. 10 5-6 27, Azevedo 5 0-2 10, Oxford 3 4-6 10, Sempek 2 0-0 5, Harney 2 0-1 5, Martinez 1 0-2 2, Fales, A. 1 0-0 3, Harney, Meg. 0 1-2 1 TOTAL 24 10-18 63
San Benito: Lee 5 0-1 12, Hall 5 4-8 14, Wilson 3 6-7 12, Andrewson 2 0-0 4, Flores 2 0-2 4, Keiswetter 1 1-2 3, Osborne 1 0-0 2, Almaguer 0 2-6 2, Patton 0 1-2 1 TOTAL 19 14-28 54.
3-pointers: S-Fales (2), Sempek, Harney, Fales A. SB-Lee (2).
