Boys basketball: Eagles rally, but fall
Barry Faulkner
RIDGECREST - The Estancia High boys basketball team trimmed a
24-point deficit to seven with 1:49 left, but ran out of gas against host
Burroughs of Ridgecrest, which earned a 71-58 win in a CIF Southern
Section Division III-A first-round playoff clash Wednesday.
Estancia junior forward Lewis Bradshaw had 12 points and 15 rebounds
and freshman forward Carlos Pinto added a team-high 13 points and 10 rebounds to pace the visitors (13-14).
Burroughs (13-9) was led by senior guard Travis Kincaid, who amassed
25 points, including several easy transition buckets and a trio of
three-pointers.
Senior guard Fernando Maldonado and 6-foot-7 junior center Joey
Lindquist added 12 points apiece for the Eagles, who were down, 37-17, at
halftime, then outscored the Burros, 41-34, after the break.
“This team overachieved the whole year,” said Estancia Coach Chris
Sorce, who lost All-Pacific Coast League and All-Newport-Mesa District
returning senior Micah Young for the season with a torn ACL in the second
game of the season.
“We made a very valiant effort in the second half, but it was just too
big a hole to overcome,” said Sorce.
“We have a lot to look forward to next year. Our kids got a taste of
what it’s like to be in the playoffs (after missing the postseason last
year). Now, it’s just a matter of how hard they want to work so that we
can go a little farther next year.”
CIF DIVISION III-A
First round
Burroughs 71, Estancia 58
Score by Quarters
Estancia 9 8 19 22 - 58
Burroughs 21 16 18 16 - 71
Estancia - Bradshaw 12, Pinto 13, Lindquist 12, Maldonado 12, Valdes
0, Snell 5, Novak 4, Andersen 0.
3-pt. goals - Maldonado 3, Novak 1, Snell 1.
Fouled out - Lindquist.
Technicals - none.
Burroughs - Kincaid 25, Williams 14, Woodson 11, Toftner 1, Graham 6,
Moorehead 1, Veit 2, MacGregor 9.
3-pt. goals - Kincaid 3.
Fouled out - McGregor.
Technicals - none.
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