{"id":68136,"date":"2017-02-08T04:37:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fired-up-bears-destroy-nucla\/"},"modified":"2017-02-08T11:37:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:37:19","slug":"fired-up-bears-destroy-nucla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fired-up-bears-destroy-nucla\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fired up\u2019 Bears destroy Nucla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Tristen Swagerty fights for a rebound with Ignacio\u2019s Ocean Hunter Thursday night in Dolores. An Ignacio comment about the Bears\u2019 defense fueled the Bears victory Saturday against Nucla.<\/span>Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Inspired by an opposing coach\u2019s comments, an inspired Dolores basketball team took the court and raced past Nucla, 85-25, on Feb. 4.<\/p>\n

Head coach Larry Schwartz explained that the seeds for the Bears\u2019 blowout were sown when Ignacio coach Chris Valdez referred to the Dolores defense as \u201cmediocre\u201d after a game on Feb. 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of took offense to what Ignacio said in the newspaper about us being a mediocre defense, so I wrote it on the board,\u201d Schwartz said \u201cThe boys were really fired up. Anyway, we wanted to come out and prove a point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolores employed a full-court press throughout the first quarter that resulted in multiple turnovers by overwhelmed Nucla guards. Such turnovers resulted in several fast-break baskets for the Bears, and by the time the first-quarter onslaught finally ceased with a three-pointer by senior Tristan Holgate, the Bears led 37-7.<\/p>\n

Throughout the second quarter, Nucla\u2019s troubles continued thanks to several physical offensive rebounds and put-backs by sophomore Tristan Swaggerty, who scored a game-high 18 points.<\/p>\n

Things became so bad for Nucla that exhausted junior Joshua Corbitt elected to adjust his shoe rather than play defense. Schwartz alerted referees, and play was blown dead before the Bears could score.<\/p>\n

By the end of the half, the Dolores lead had grown to 57-15, and two minutes into the third quarter, Bears starters took a seat on the bench.<\/p>\n

Dolores bench players maintained the energy and built a 75-18 lead by the end of the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Among the second unit\u2019s impressive players was muscular senior forward Kale Willbanks, who utilized his strength inside and finished with four points.<\/p>\n

Also making significant impacts were junior Josh Corbitt, who scored 8 points, sophomore Thaddeus Lee, who scored 7, and sophomore Phillip Hufman, who scored four.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe younger guys are really coming on,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cThe whole second group did a fantastic job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior Tristan Medina scored 16 points, D.K. Smith chipped in nine, and Holgate scored eight, including two three-pointers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome days, I feel like I could hit a three from almost anywhere, and other days they just don\u2019t fall,\u201d Holgate said. \u201cToday, they were definitely falling and it felt good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolores (8-7 overall, 4-4 in SJBL) will play at home against Norwood (7-7 overall, 5-3 in SJBL) on Feb. 9 before hitting the road to face Ridgway (2-13 overall, 0-7 in SJBL) on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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