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The Mancos Blue Jays outscored the Bayfield Wolverines 19-18 in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
But it was all but over by then.<\/p>\n
The Wolverines kicked off the evening in a 2-2-1 press and used Hunter Killough\u2019s eight first-quarter points to jump out to a 26-12 lead to start the second.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were just really aggressive,\u201d said Mancos head coach Rodney Cox. \u201cPressed well, trapped everything, everywhere. That\u2019s probably the best team we\u2019ve played all year.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the second quarter, the Wolverines profited from their size advantage and went to work inside. And without the presence of 6-foot-5 senior Ro Paschal \u2013 who was sidelined with an ankle injury \u2013 Mancos allowed 10 points to Bayfield center Ryan Phelps and entered the half down 47-24.<\/p>\n
Cox said that the Blue Jays tried several different ways to combat Bayfield\u2019s size advantage, but that none of them seemed to work.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just hard when they\u2019re that much bigger than you,\u201d he said. \u201cEven when their subs come in they outweigh us by 60 pounds. That\u2019s a good ball club. Their posts finish well, they post up well, they move the ball well and they shoot well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bayfield\u2019s lead grew to 34 in the third quarter and they would roll on to an 84-51 win.<\/p>\n
Taed Heydinger led the Wolverines with 20 points \u2013 connecting on 6-of-7 three-point attempts \u2013 Phelps scored 16 and Killough added 13.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays were led by Andrew Plunkett\u2019s 16 points, Adrian Hernandez scored 12, Andrew Christensen added 10, and Caleb Yoder chipped in six.<\/p>\n
Even in the blowout-loss, Cox saw positives from his team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think our turnovers were limited,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd I see a lot of growth from our guys that didn\u2019t get any experience last year. I\u2019ve seen a lot of growth and they\u2019re starting to not make the same mistakes over and over again. They\u2019re just starting to loosen up a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
After falling to Bayfield \u2013 and with previous losses to two CHSAANow ranked 2A teams in No. 6 Center (8-1) and No. 4 Ignacio (8-1) \u2013 the Blue Jays are on a three-game losing streak.<\/p>\n
But they hope to bounce back against Norwood (7-3) in a home contest on Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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