In a game of momentum swings, the Anzar Hawks shot 11 of 12 from
the free-throw line and staved off York late in a 41-29 victory in
Coastal Athletic League action on Thursday night.
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
In a game of momentum swings, the Anzar Hawks shot 11 of 12 from the free-throw line and staved off York late in a 41-29 victory in Coastal Athletic League action on Thursday night.
Alex Valles and Andres Gomez each contributed nine points for Anzar, which improves to 3-2 in the CAL and 5-14 overall.
York’s Edgar Daniel led all scorers with 10 points.
After a low-scoring first half, in which the Hawks led 8-4 after one quarter and 12-5 at halftime — “Nothing went down for us,” Anzar head coach Ed Cecena said — momentum began to shift between the teams leading to a back-and-forth second half.
“They got the momentum and started knocking down some shots,” Cecena said of York, which outscored Anzar 18-12 in the third quarter.
York trailed the Hawks 24-23 entering the final period.
“But then the momentum swung back to us,” the head coach added.
With one of their better free-throw performances of the season, the Hawks were 11 of 12 from the charity stripe and outscored York 17-6 in the final eight minutes of play to seal the win.
“That was the difference,” Cecena said of his team’s ability at the free-throw line on Thursday.
Anzar will begin the second half of its CAL schedule next Friday at Oakwood. Tip-off is 4:30 p.m.
TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
YRK 4 1 18 6 29
ANZ 8 4 12 17 41
York (29): E. Daniel 5 0 0-0 10, R. Patel 0 1 4-4 7, P. Fettis 2 0 1-2 5, B. Bhatnagar 1 1 0-0 5, T. Richards 0 0 2-4 2.
Anzar (41): A. Valles 2 0 4-4 9, N. Salgado 2 0 2-2 6, N. Hebert 3 0 3-4 9, M. Rania 2 1 1-1 8, A. Gomez 4 0 1-1 9.
