STAFFORD 72, CENTRE 41 -- Stafford's Pablo Diaz scored 21 points and Sam Lowther (14) and Jacob Simmons (11) scored in double figures as the Trojans roared past Lost Springs Centre 73-41 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game.
Pol Beltran Diaz grabbed 11 rebounds and had seven steals. Cody Knoche delivered five assists. The Trojans (2-3) converted 30 of 70 field goals.
Stafford 16 20 24 12 -- 72
Centre 16 12 6 7 -- 41
STAFFORD (2-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Pablo Diaz 9-19 (3-9) 0-0 21; Lowther 6-10 (1-1) 1-1 14; Simmons 5-11 (2-4) 2-2 11; Beltran Saiz 1-3 1-5 3; Knoche 1-3 (0-1) 0-0 2; Sedore 1-4 0-0 2; Lima 1-5 (1-1) 0-2 3; Engelbrecht (1-1) 0-0 3; Joel Valadez 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 30-70 (8-17) 4-11 72
CENTRE (0-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Totals 41
STAFFORD GIRLS 41, CENTRE 39 -- Stafford's girls (2-3) stunned Centre 41-39 keyed by a 19-point third quarter.
Freshman Ariana Rodriguez scored 44 points and made the Falcon Classic All-Tournament team last week.
"Rylee Ferguson and Kya Conant are leading this rebuild in scoring," said Stafford coach Nick Minks. "They've helped our speed and toughness that we were missing."
Stafford 7 7 19 8 -- 41
Centre 6 9 13 11 -- 39