BUC MEN & WOMEN SWEEP ANGELINA
WOMEN
Buccaneers’ second-half run downs Angelina
It took nearly 30 minutes for the Blinn women’s basketball team to find its offense Saturday, but once the Buccaneers pieced it together, they ran away from the Angelina Lady Roadrunners.
The 14th-ranked Bucs—behind sophomores Fatima Adams and Tayler Weiks—beat Angelina 79-62 at the Blinn P.E. Building.
“I thought we struggled offensively in the first half, but we finally got that run we’d been waiting for in the second half,” Blinn (21-5, 11-3) coach Jeff Jenkins said.
That run came near the 10-minute mark when Adams hit a bucket and the ensuing free throw to give Blinn a three-point lead. Less than a minute later, Weiks drained a 3-pointer to extend the lead to six.
“Tayler made some plays tonight,” Jenkins said. “She’s a good asset to have when you can hit that perimeter shot against teams that like to zone.”
Weiks, who scored 13 points off the bench, hit three 3-pointers, including one at the 7:59 mark in the second half that she turned into a four-point play after she was fouled and hit the and-one free throw.
Adams scored 31 points, 20 of which came in the second half. Katrina Hayden dropped 13 and Shunta Nevitt scored 11.
Angelina never pulled the game closer than 10 points in the final eight minutes.
“It was a really good win for us, especially coming off a tough loss,” Jenkins said. “I thought we responded really well.”
The loss came Wednesday night on the road to 15th-ranked Tyler Junior College, 98-95. The two teams are tied for second in the Region XIV Conference standings going into the final four games of the regular season.
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MEN
Buccaneers outduel Angelina in battle for conference seeding
In a battle for Region XIV Conference positioning, the Blinn men’s basketball team got a big win Saturday night.
The Buccaneers, who entered the night tied with Angelina in the conference standings, beat the Roadrunners 93-76 at the Blinn P.E. Building.
“It was a big game and I thought our players played with a lot of energy,” Blinn (16-11, 6-10) coach Scott Schumacher said.
From the opening tipoff the Bucs controlled the game. In what Schumacher called a complete team effort, sophomores Macari Brooks, Eddie Alcantara and Terrell Guy dropped shots across the floor, and freshman Roderick Harris gave the Bucs a big presence inside.
Alcantara hit two 3-pointers and Brooks scored 11 of his team-high 21 points. Guy scored a season-high 16 points.
“Terrell is exactly what you want out of a junior college player,” Schumacher said. “He works hard, knows his role, and the best part is he’s going to graduate this spring.”
Freshman Jalan McCloud helped Blinn build on its 44-28 halftime lead with 11 points in the second half. He finished the night with 19. In the past three games, McCloud is averaging 22 points a game.
“This was a great win,” Schumacher said. “The guys understood the situation and played at a very high level.”
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Story & photos courtesy: Matt Keyser, Blinn Information