Rock Point girls improve 2-0 in conference play Navajo Times sports The Rock Point girls basketball team improved its conference record 2-0 with a 51-21 win over El Capitan on Friday night. The Lady Cougars had to overcome a slow start as they lead 10-8 after one quarter. The Rock Point coach attribute that to not playing a game for three weeks. Nonetheless, her club got going in the second quarter and led 23-12 at the half before exploding for twenty two points in the third quarter for a 45-16 lead. In the boys action Rock Point dropped a 67-28 decision. At halftime, the Cougars trailed El Capitan 52-8 at the break before they outscored the visitors 13-10 in the third quarter. Despite missing a couple of key players, first-year coach Ralston Descheny said his boys gave a better effort in the second half. Were missing my two point guards so my power forwards were bringing down the ball down the court all night he said. But at half time we were playing tough defense. In addition, Descheny said they were not turning over the ball and they also scored transition points to fuel the run in the third quarter. For a more in-depth coverage, grab your copy of the Navajo Times on Thursday at your nearest newsstand.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 04:32:25 +0000
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