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The Reedley Pirates
improved their season record to 12-2 with a solid victory, 68-34,
over the Kingsburg Vikings. The game was Reedley's final
contest prior to the start of North Yosemite League action.
The Pirates open NYL action this Thursday when they face Roosevelt
in Fresno.
The Reedley hoopsters
started slowly, moving to a modest 13-9 advantage after one quarter.
The Pirates cranked up the defense in the second quarter, limiting
the Vikings just four points while posting 19 themselves. The
PIrates led 32-13 at the half, propelled largely by the all-around
play of Colin Hofer, who had 15 at the break.
The Vikings came out
of the half-time break like gangbusters, closing the lead to ten at
33-23. But then the Pirates went on a 19-0 run, vanquishing
all of Kingsburg's hopes. The Reedley five spread the scoring
around during the decisive run as Hofer, Jose Alvarez, Ian Brinkman,
Jon Lepp, Jon Wallen, Abel Lucca, and Andrew Busch all lofted shots
through the net.
Coach Darren Minami
was satisfied that his team held the Vikings to just 34 points.
Minami assigned Lepp to cover Kingsburg's Josh Kaprelian and the
senior responded by limiting the high-scoring Viking guard to just
12 points, half his average.
On the night the
Pirates were led in scoring by Hofer with 22, Lucca with 17, and
Wallen with 10.
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