Pueblo — wearing baby blue jerseys with the Spanish translation of “Guerreros” on the front — out-hustled No. 1 Gilbert Mesquite Tuesday night to upset the Wildcats 52-48 in overtime and advance to the 4A state championship game.
Al Bravo Special to the Arizona Daily Star GILBERT — The fourth-seeded Pueblo girls faced a bigger, stronger and plenty versatile team that figured it had a chance to compete against any team in the state — regardless of classification.
People are also reading… “I was thinking this was our game because it’s basically 0-0 again,” senior guard Victoria Cazares said. “So I was thinking it’s our game. I can’t be negative at the end.” “Every team we played against out-sized us, out-rebound us,” Pueblo coach Izzy Galindo said. “So my words to them was ‘let’s get the defensive rebounds and not worry about the offensive rebounds. Get what we can. Be smart on defense.’ They listened and we got the win.”
The fifth-seed Falcons trailed No. 1 Canyon View 45-27 at the half. They outscored the Jaguars 18-5 in the third quarter before ultimately tying the game at 58 all in the fourth, but Canyon View would pull away down the stretch for the 72-62 victory. Cazares’ freshman sister America added 11 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots for the Warriors, who started the postseason in the 32-team Open Division tournament as a No. 25 seed. But Pueblo lost to Salpointe Catholic by 20 in the first round. Yet in the first two rounds of the class 4A tournament, the Warriors beat Surprise Paradise Honors and Sahuaro to reach the final four.
Pueblo stayed close all night, tying the game at 45 when Cazares hit a 22-footer from the top of the key with 3:07 left in regulation. But neither team could convert anything else down the stretch, Mesquite missing the front end of a 1-and-1 and then getting called for a travel in the lane. Pueblo missed two layups in the final 70 seconds, leading to the extra period.
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