Cinco Ranch faced Katy Taylor tonight after coming off a big win against Sam Rayburn following a disappointing showing in the Sandra Meadows Classic. Taylor was still ranked in the TABC Top 25 and was tied with Seven Lakes for first place in district. Cinco Ranch was in third place after losing once already to Seven Lakes, a team they have to face again. The game started off physical and sloppy and was marred by turnovers in a very low scoring first quarter capped by a Shayne Ortiz three pointer which gave the Cougars a 9-4 lead after one.
Sydney Thomas came off the bench to score on an amazing drive to the basket finishing with her left hand in traffic to offset a 4-0 run by the Mustangs but at the half the Cougars maintained their 5 point lead 21-16. Logan Johnson and Kendall Covington had 4 points each for the Mustangs while Angie Moore and Christy Williams had 5 and Thomas added 4.
Sydney Thomas came off the bench to score on an amazing drive to the basket finishing with her left hand in traffic to offset a 4-0 run by the Mustangs but at the half the Cougars maintained their 5 point lead 21-16. Logan Johnson and Kendall Covington had 4 points each for the Mustangs while Angie Moore and Christy Williams had 5 and Thomas added 4.
Ortiz opened the third quarter with her second three and that was probably an omen as Cinco started a 14-7 run and ended the quarter leading 40-27. Much off the offensive damage came from Jaylon McClure who had 7 points in the quarter including a three at the buzzer. Katy Taylor has not shot the ball well this season and the ironic part is that have good shooters and even though they scored only 5 points in the final period, I’m still not counting them out as they fall 48-32 and are tied with Cinco for second place. Amira Jenkins led Taylor with 7 points while McClure and Williams each scored 9.
