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Then There Was One – State Basketball Tourney Continues in Empty Venues

By Marty Mayfield

KRTN Multi-Media

 

The New Mexico state basketball championships continued this last week in empty venues after New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grishom declared a state health emergency after four cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in New Mexico.

Despite the empty arenas the teams played on with only our #2-seeded Maxwell Bears making it to the final dance. They will have a rematch with #1-seeded Melrose who bested #5-seeded Springer 58-27 in the semifinals to meet Maxwell.

Wednesday afternoon March 11, 2020 saw Maxwell take on Elida and win that game 71-61. Wednesday evening Pine Hill toppled the Roy/Mosquero Lady Blue to end their season 62-55. That was the first of the four Northeastern New Mexico teams to fall in the tournament. Springer sent Cimarron home with a 58-43 score in the last game of the evening on Wednesday.

On Thursday Maxwell played Tatum winning that game 61-52 with Maxwell’s biggest lead coming in the 4th quarter where they lead by 17. The Springer Melrose game was played later

Tatum      13    5  12  22  52

Maxwell  13  12  16  20  61

Maxwell Stats

Tristen Peirce 18  2of 2 free throws

Kolton Riggs  14  10 of 11 free throws

Wesley Jeffrey  10  0 of 3 free throws

Caden Floyd 10  0 of 1 free throws

Free throws 13 of 21 attempts

Turnovers 26

Tatum Stats

Hayden Glass 14

Sebastian Jimenez 14  0 of 1 free throws

Free throws 4 of 7 attempts

Turnovers 11

 

Springer   2     4   13   8   27

Melrose  13  14  18  13  58

Springer Stats

Jeremiah Apodaca  7

Gabe Garcia  7  3 of 6 free throws

Free throws 6 of 11 attempts

Turnovers 19

Melrose Stats

Dylan Valentine  10  2 of 4 free throws

Tristen Sena 15  4 of 5 free throws

Free throws 12 of 19 attempts

Turnovers 20

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