Paloma Girls Score Early, Often in Win Over Heritage
By Sierra Trujillo The Paloma Valley High School girls basketball team was led by senior Alize Hancock in a dominating win over the Patrio...
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By Sierra Trujillo
The Paloma Valley High School girls basketball team was led by senior Alize Hancock in a dominating win over the Patriots of Heritage High Tuesday night at home. Hancock led her team with 25 points as the Wildcats won, 65-30.
Hancock said she had been struggling with scoring during the past few games, so she put in some extra time and effort.
“[Monday] I was working on my shots,” said Hancock. “I spent an hour after practice and just shot the whole time. I’ve been off the past few games so I had to fix it, and it worked for me tonight.”
The extra practice did help. The match between the cross-town rivals started out strong for the Wildcats, with Hancock scoring 15 points in the first period. Hancock handed the ball off the rest of the first half, only scoring four points in the second period, while senior Regina Sheffield picked it up and scored nine points by halftime, at which point the Wildcats led by 20.
“Alize [Hancock], she makes us go, so when she’s playing and she’s leading us and making good decisions with the ball, we can play with anybody,” said Wildcats head coach Romeo Galbreath. “Tonight was an outstanding effort.”
The Wildcats' commanding first half allowed them to switch the focus away from offense. They excelled in the defensive end of the game, keeping the Patriots’ scoring low. They allowed Heritage to score only 15 points in the entire second half.
“It was still hard for us to get our offense flowing, but because we had the transition points it was all right,” said Galbreath. “Our defense led to transition offense.”
While Hancock led the team in points, others contributed to the win as well. Sheffield finished the game for the Wildcats with 12 points. Junior Angelica Kilpatrick scored eight points in the game, while senior Alanna Staiger contributed six points, all in the final period.
“It was a good team effort and that’s what I’ve been asking them for, to give me a team effort,” said Galbreath. “Tonight is one of the best games we’ve played throughout the season. We’ve beat some really good teams but tonight was a solid effort.”
The Heritage Patriots continued to be led by senior Myasia Gray, who scored 15 points in the game. Junior Rhyan Nile from Heritage also had a good night, scoring eight points.
The Wildcats, while excited about Tuesday’s win that improved their overall record to 14-6, have a tough game ahead of them on Thursday as they face the Titans of Temescal Canyon. Galbreath said that his team will need to be able to execute on offense and get to the basket. Hancock said that although they’ll celebrate their win against the Patriots, it’s going to take more to compete against the Titans.
“We can’t go in cocky,” said Hancock. “We have to think that any team can play with us… we have to play up to a higher level. We can’t play down because that will kill us.”
The Patriots, whose record fell to 4-14 after Tuesday’s game, also have a tough game ahead of them on Thursday, as they face the Lancers of Lakeside High School.
The Paloma Valley High School girls basketball team was led by senior Alize Hancock in a dominating win over the Patriots of Heritage High Tuesday night at home. Hancock led her team with 25 points as the Wildcats won, 65-30.
“[Monday] I was working on my shots,” said Hancock. “I spent an hour after practice and just shot the whole time. I’ve been off the past few games so I had to fix it, and it worked for me tonight.”
The extra practice did help. The match between the cross-town rivals started out strong for the Wildcats, with Hancock scoring 15 points in the first period. Hancock handed the ball off the rest of the first half, only scoring four points in the second period, while senior Regina Sheffield picked it up and scored nine points by halftime, at which point the Wildcats led by 20.
“Alize [Hancock], she makes us go, so when she’s playing and she’s leading us and making good decisions with the ball, we can play with anybody,” said Wildcats head coach Romeo Galbreath. “Tonight was an outstanding effort.”
The Wildcats' commanding first half allowed them to switch the focus away from offense. They excelled in the defensive end of the game, keeping the Patriots’ scoring low. They allowed Heritage to score only 15 points in the entire second half.
“It was still hard for us to get our offense flowing, but because we had the transition points it was all right,” said Galbreath. “Our defense led to transition offense.”
While Hancock led the team in points, others contributed to the win as well. Sheffield finished the game for the Wildcats with 12 points. Junior Angelica Kilpatrick scored eight points in the game, while senior Alanna Staiger contributed six points, all in the final period.
“It was a good team effort and that’s what I’ve been asking them for, to give me a team effort,” said Galbreath. “Tonight is one of the best games we’ve played throughout the season. We’ve beat some really good teams but tonight was a solid effort.”
The Heritage Patriots continued to be led by senior Myasia Gray, who scored 15 points in the game. Junior Rhyan Nile from Heritage also had a good night, scoring eight points.
The Wildcats, while excited about Tuesday’s win that improved their overall record to 14-6, have a tough game ahead of them on Thursday as they face the Titans of Temescal Canyon. Galbreath said that his team will need to be able to execute on offense and get to the basket. Hancock said that although they’ll celebrate their win against the Patriots, it’s going to take more to compete against the Titans.
“We can’t go in cocky,” said Hancock. “We have to think that any team can play with us… we have to play up to a higher level. We can’t play down because that will kill us.”
The Patriots, whose record fell to 4-14 after Tuesday’s game, also have a tough game ahead of them on Thursday, as they face the Lancers of Lakeside High School.
