By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media
The Lady Tigers continue their travels into Cimarron Saturday night where the Rams were prepared for Raton.
Coach Victor Esparza told KRTN that the girls are ready to be home after traveling most of the month to out of town games. The road games have been tough on the girls and Esparza indicated the girls have been struggling. Some days their shooting is good others it isn’t. In Cimarron it looked as it would be a good game as the first quarter got underway and the Lady Tigers took a lead and managed a 13-10 first quarter performance.
The second and third quarters however saw the Lady Tigers stumble as the Lady Rams put on the pressure and forced turnovers that lead to scores for Cimarron. Cimarron outscored the Lady Tigers 15-0 in the second quarter and continued the trend into the third by posting a 14-4 quarter.
Fourth Quarter action saw the Lady Tigers find a groove and the basket. They kept the ball on their end of the court and closed the point gap from that 39 to 17 end of the third quarter score to a final score of 46 to 33. They simply outscored the Lady Rams 16-7 in the fourth quarter.
The Lady Tigers will be in Tiger Gym Tuesday evening hosting the Lady Redskins from La Veta.
Cimarron 10 15 14 7 46
Raton 13 0 4 16 33
Cimarron High Point
Jessica Pittman 17 5 of 7 free throws
Angel Gonzales 9 1 of 1 free throws
Free Throws 8 of 12 attempts
Raton High Point
Sydni Silva 9 1 of 2 free throws
Free Throws 2 of 8 attempts
