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Weston Ranch stops late Manteca run
By Dave Campbell,, CORRESPONDENT,
MANTECA — Trailing 37-12 late in the second quarter, Manteca High came out from halftime a different team, clawing back to within 52-46 with 1:15 remaining in the Valley Oak League boys basketball contest with visiting Weston Ranch on Friday night.
The Cougars managed to hit a pair of free throws down the stretch, and all the remaining Buffalo attempts were off the mark as Weston Ranch escaped from Winter Gymnasium with a 54-48 victory.
"Weston Ranch came out with a lot of intensity," Manteca coach Dave Ascuncion said. "We came out a little flat and put ourselves in too deep of a hole to come back from."
After scoring just four points in the second quarter, the Buffaloes (9-16, 4-7 VOL) held the Cougars (16-5, 8-2) to just five points in the third period while banging in 17 points behind Garrett Tolman's 10. Tolman led all scorers with 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
"Again in the first half we had great execution," Cougars coach Bill Slicker said. "With our press and everything else, it was all there.
"Manteca got real aggressive in the second half, but we were able to walk away with the win, our eighth in a row
"We were No.8 in the power rankings coming into this game, and all we can do is worry about ourselves. We just want a home game, and we will worry about who we will meet later."
The Buffaloes finished with 18 turnovers, none bigger than the two steals by Weston Ranch's Walter Jackson in the final two minutes. When asked about the steals, Jackson said, "I was just trying to do something to help the team out. We came out strong in the first half, but then we let up and let them come back into the game.
"But we were able to get the win, and that is what counts."
James Nunnally and Davon Jones each scored 10 points to pace the Cougars and Jones added eight rebounds, five assists and four steals.
"We were hitting our shots when we needed to," Nunnally said. "In the second half we started falling and let them back into it. But we were able to close them out."
Alex Pahl scored nine points and pulled down 10 rebounds for Manteca.
"Coach Asuncion gave us a real good pep talk at halftime," Pahl said. We came out and started communicating with each other, and we executed like we didn't in the first half.
"Our last game is against East Union here, and we want this second half to carry over into that. We are for sure going to come out ready to play."
The Weston Ranch sophomores broke a late tie to win 53-48.
Daniel Castillo scored 13 points and Josh Bowen 12 for the Cougars. Matt Gomez tallied 16 points for the Buffaloes.
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