SENECA – The Mendota Trojans dropped four straight games in the Seneca Turkey Tournament held Nov. 25-30. Mendota finished in eighth place out of eight teams.
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SENECA – The Mendota Trojans dropped four straight games in the Seneca Turkey Tournament held Nov. 25-30. Mendota finished in eighth place out of eight teams.
Mendota opened the tournament with a 54-42 setback to Newark on Nov. 25.
The Trojans played a strong first half, owning a 12-9 lead after the first session and taking a 23-20 advantage to intermission. But Newark finally heated up in the third quarter and outscored Mendota, 20-10, to take a seven-point lead. Half of Newark’s points in the third came from the free throw line.
Emiliano Arteaga pumped in 14 points and Alexis Quintana provided 13 tallies to pace the Trojans. Gavin Glazebrook chipped in with eight points.
Nine of Newark’s 14 field goals were three-pointers.
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Hall torched the nets for 34 first-quarter points and blitzed the Trojans, 63-24, in the second round of the tournament on Nov. 26.
Eight Red Devils scored in the first frame and the team poured in five field goals from beyond the three-point arc on the way to a 34-4 lead at the buzzer. The count was 47-9 at the break.
Nine Trojans dented the scoring column in the contest, led by Quintana with six points. Abraham Guzman and Aaron Schmidt each added four markers.
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Reed-Custer pulled away from the Trojans to post a 52-23 triumph on Nov. 29.
After trailing 7-6 at the end of one period, Mendota was only able to put up one point in the second quarter compared to 15 for Reed-Custer, and the Trojans never recovered.
Arteaga’s six points paced the Trojans, while Glazebrook, Cole Stremlau and Chris Sandoval provided four points apiece.
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Mendota concluded the tournament with a 69-32 setback to Seneca on Nov. 30.
Seneca doubled the score on the Trojans after the opening stanza, 14-7, and lit up the scoreboard for 25 second-quarter points to take a 39-16 advantage to intermission.
Quintana topped the scoring column for the Trojans (0-4) with 13 points, followed by Arteaga with nine.
Eleven of Seneca’s 25 field goals were from beyond the three-point circle.
