Ingleside vs. Mathis ... District 30-3a

[AP Panther Fan]

In the Caller Times this morning......

Mustangs win battle of 30-3A's unbeatens

By STUART DUNCAN Caller-Times
January 19, 2005


MATHIS - Ingleside sure knew how to make an entrance Tuesday night - an entry pass into the lane that is.

And the Mustangs' interior passing worked to perfection for them, too, during Tuesday's girls basketball showdown of District 30-3A unbeaten teams.


Ingleside's first-half passing proved too much for Mathis as the Mustangs used a huge first-half run to hang on for a 44-37 victory at the Mathis Event Center.

Ingleside improved to 21-6 overall and 4-0 in district games, while Mathis fell to 15-7, 2-1.

"We didn't have that much of an outside game, so our inside game was good enough tonight," Ingleside girls coach John Reyes said of the Mustangs, who connected on only one 3-pointer. "(The Pirates) knew who our scorers were, but we have five players who can play on offense or defense at any given time."

Ingleside junior post Katie Sanders - who averages a double-double - led the Mustangs with 21 points and 16 rebounds.

Pirates senior Andrea Garcia had nine of her game-high 22 points in the third quarter, while teammate Brittanea Zinsmeyer added nine points.

"We're still working on our consistency," Mathis first-year girls coach Ruben Ramon said. "We've got to start playing all four quarters, and once we do that we're going to be a tough team to beat."

The Pirates erased an early four-point deficit and tied the game at 6 on Garcia's driving bank shot. Highlighted by Sanders' six points, guard Aima Adelan's 3-pointer and two consecutive assists by forward Britney Foss (who finished with 13 points), Ingleside scored the next 11 points to forge ahead, 17-6. That was all part of a 17-4 run by the Mustangs capped by forward Kelsi Kucera's basket.

Ingleside would take a 23-12 lead into the half.

The Mustangs led by 13 late in the third quarter until Garcia scored seven consecutive points - the last ones coming on a pull-up 3-pointer - to bring the Pirates to within 29-23 with 30 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

Sanders' two free throws stopped the Mathis run to help Ingleside push its lead back to eight heading into the fourth quarter. The Mustangs led by as many as 12 in the final frame before Mathis closed to within four thanks to an 8-0 run capped by four free throws by Garcia.

Sanders' layup on the ensuing possession gave Ingleside a 40-34 lead with less than two minutes left in the game, and that was enough to hold off the Pirates.

District 30-3A girls basketball

Ingleside 44, Mathis 37

Ingleside 8 15 9 12-44

Mathis 6 6 12 13-37

Ingleside - Aima Adelan 6, Kelsi Kucera 2, Terri Otwell 2, Britney Foss 13, Katie Sanders 21.

Mathis - Devon Hernandez 2, Ruby Wilburn 2, Andrea Garcia 22, Brittanea Zinsmeyer 9, Nellie Herrera 2.

3-pointers - I, Adelan 1; M, Garcia 2.

Records - Ingleside 21-6 overall, 4-0 in district; Mathis 15-7 overall, 2-1 in district. JV - Ingleside def. Mathis.

BOYS GAME

Ingleside opened the game with a 26-13 run and survived several Mathis comeback attempts en route to a 75-66 District 30-3A boys basketball victory Tuesday night at the Mathis Event Center.

Mustangs senior forward Ricky Calderon scored 11 of his 22 points in the first half, while post Shane Duhon and guard Zack Adams combined for 15 more first-half points to help Ingleside build a four-point halftime lead that was changed to three because of a scoring discrepancy.

Alex Alvarado, who led Mathis with 17 points, knocked down a jumper to pull the Pirates to within 61-59 a little more than three minutes into the fourth quarter, before Joel Johnson, who had a game-high 27 points, scored on a 3-point play and Calderon hit a jumper to give the Mustangs a seven-point cushion.

Forward Arnuld Encinia's 3-pointer trimmed Mathis' deficit to two points, before Johnson, Calderon and Harold Foster combined for seven points in the final two minutes to secure the victory for Ingleside.

Mathis forward Ron Huerta had 15 points and Leonzo DeLeon 10, while Huerta and Alvarado combined for four 3-pointers in the game.

District 30-3A boys basketball

Ingleside 75, Mathis 66

Ingleside 21 17 17 20 - 75

Mathis 13 22 14 15 - 66

Ingleside - Zack Adams 7, J.R. Richardson 6, Ricky Calderon 22, Joel Johnson 27, Shane Duhon 14, Harold Foster 4.

Mathis - Leonzo DeLeon 10, Arnuld Encinia 7, Edward Montemayor 9, Alex Alvarado 17, Ron Huerta 15, Amos Blanche 8.

3-pointers - I, Calderon 2; M, Alvarado 3, Huerta 1, Encinia 1.

Records - Ingleside - 1-1 in district; Mathis 0-1 in district. JV - I, 40-27.

[Phil C]

The Mathis top scorer Andrea Garcia is a super athlete not only in basketball but also volleyball and softball. She has a scholarship to University of Texas at San Antonio but I don't know for what sport. She is planning to study medicine and be a doctor. She is very sharpe both in athletics and in the classroom.

[big daddy russ]

Woooo Hoooo!!!

[AP Panther Fan]

Ingleside has some really TALL girls!