CEDENO'S 20 POINTS SEND EAGLES TO TITLE GAME

Senior Emmanuel Cedeno scored 17 of his career-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead seventh-seeded Southwest to a 51-35 upset over #3 seed Krop in the semifinal game of the district 16-6A tournament at Southridge Thursday night. The Eagles (9-14) have now knocked off the second and third seeds and will play for the district championship Saturday at 1pm against top-seeded Southridge. The Lightning (11-11) showed up 75 minutes late for the game, pushing a scheduled 6pm start all the way back to 7:15pm. Both teams started the game ice cold offensively. Southwest did not score for the first five minutes until an Ethan St. Prix dunk made the score, 4-2. The Eagles played great defense against a taller Krop squad and held the Lightning to just four second quarter points to take a 20-16 halftime lead. The Eagles had a precarious 28-25 lead entering the final period but any hopes of a Krop comeback were dashed when Cedeno came off the bench and caught fire. His uniform number of zero approximated the number of shots he missed as he hit five three-pointers and a deuce to clinch the win.
The scoring:
Emmanuel Cedeno 20
Ethan St. Prix 13
Dylan Jaxon 7
Thiago Bourroul 5
Alejandro Diaz 3
David Fanning 3

 


Sharpshooting senior Emmanuel Cedeno