Defense Carries The Lake over Navarro, 48-35
Canyon Lake got their 2nd district win after disposing the Navarro Panthers by taking the lead off the tip which was not relinquished for the remainder of this contest.
Phoenix Fuentes has started district play shooting a decent 75% from the field.
Seven Hawks scored 5 or more points that kept the pressure on the Visitors by outscoring the Panthers 29-21 during that 2nd half.
“Last night was one of those games where we struggled to finish around the basket,” Head Coach Monte Cole stated. “Defensively we were pretty good and that’s what ultimately allowed us to win. Scored some off our defense in the 2nd half to push the lead up enough.”
That 8 point first quarter lead was challenged by Navarro when they closed that gap by 3 points going into halftime.
Then, by adding a 6 points to that lead to open the 3rd quarter being helped by the Hawk defense.
On how The Lake has shown improvement across the board when compared to last season’s team, “We are shooting about the same but I think we’re playing a little faster so we’re getting more possessions and so our scoring is up,” Coach Cole explained.
More possessions becomes paramount as this year’s team has reduced their turnovers per game which puts an exclamation point on those extra possessions.
Way to make us Proud Hawks!!
Canyon Lake will be at Davenport which presently who has a sparkling, 21-4 record thus far and are tied with the Hawks for first place in district play.
“Should be a fun game on Friday,” Cole closed. “They do a great job with their pressure and making you have to work to bring the ball up the court. We’ll work on a plan and limiting turnovers will be a big part of what the result ends up.”
This game had Carter Williams hit 200 steals and now has added Blocks to his No. 1 resume with 97 for his career.
Way to Go Carter & Let’s Go Lake!!
DISTRICT 26 Season Records Davenport 2 0 1.000 Davenport 21 4 .840 CL Hawks 2 0 1.000 Bandera 18 7 .720 Wimberley 1 1 .500 Wimberley 17 8 .680 Freddie 1 1 .500 Freddie 17 8 .680 Bandera 0 2 .000 CL Hawks 12 13 .480 Navarro 0 2 .000 Navarro 8 13 .381 Friday Games: CL Hawks @ Davenport Bandera @ Navarro Fredericksburg @ Wimberley Tuesday’s Results CL Hawks 48 Navarro 35 Davenport 66 Billies 56 Wimberley 81 Bandera 70 ------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 Final Navarro 4 10 8 13 35 CL Hawks (2-0) 12 7 14 15 48 3pt tot rebounds fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to Jacob Holland 2-3 1-1 0-0 5 0-2 2 0 2 0 0 Jaxson Jeter 2-9 0-3 1-5 5 0-3 3 3 0 0 0 Phoenix Fuentes 3-5 0-0 0-1 6 1-0 1 4 2 0 6 Carter Williams 3-8 1-1 2-2 9 2-5 7 2 4 1 4 Dalton Stromquist 3-9 0-0 3-4 9 4-8 12 0 1 2 0 Gavin Cano 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Rowe 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0—0 0 1 0 0 0 Wyatt Sims 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Christian Cheatham 3-5 2-3 0-0 8 1-1 2 2 1 0 0 Eli Hammons 3-4 0-0 0-2 6 2-0 2 0 0 0 1 Totals 19-43 4-9 6-14 48 10-19 28 12 10 3 11 44% 44% 47%
