Tag: jordan belton

Jordan Belton, the Balers basketball team’s leading scorer last year and first-team All-Tri-County Athletic League selection, will play college basketball next year at California Maritime Academy after signing a letter of intent with the school last week.

Driving to the basket, San Benito guard Jordan Belton was aiming to start his third playoff game — and first this year — off on the right foot. But despite head coach David Kaplansky’s warnings, Belton never expected to run into a six-foot, seven-inch center.

Two days after the boys basketball team was eliminated from the Central Coast Section tournament, the team was rewarded for its season-long success by the Tri-County Athletic League.

For 25 games, the San Benito boys basketball team lived and died on strong, aggressive defense and 3-point shooting. In the team’s biggest game of the year - the Central Coast Section Division I semifinals - one piece of that winning formula went missing.

After watching a 19 point lead disappear in a flash, the San Benito boys basketball team didn’t have to look far for inspiration.

Entering the fourth quarter down by three points, San Benito's Jordan Belton looked to pull the Balers closer with the first possession of the final quarter. But a couple of bad Baler passes and turnovers later, the Balers dug themselves into a hole they couldn't recover from.

The San Benito boys basketball team stayed one game behind Tri-County Athletic League leader Palma on Wednesday night, defeating Alisal 63-23.

Basketball is a game of runs, and Friday night, Palma's one run was enough to hold off San Benito 52-44 in a battle for sole possession of first place in the Tri-County Athletic League.