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OPENING TIP-OFF -- Jaguar Juan Peredo (13) vs.Griffin Martin Fernandez (15).-- Jonatan Muñoz, International School
Jaguars score 46-31 win over Griffins
The Cooperative School boys varsity started off its season with a decisive 46-31 win over International at International's gym Wednesday.
But International gave notice that is not going to be the pushover it has been in past years, and led the Jaguars 10-8 at the end of the first quarter. But the Jaguars, thanks in large part to the shooting touch of senior Juan Peredo, opened a 10-point lead at the half, 26-16.
The final basket of the first half was a work of art by Cooperative senior Pablo Taborga, who took the ball from one end of the court to the other, dueling International star David Huang every step of the way before laying it up and in.
The Jaguars continued to dominate play as action resumed in the second half, but with 10th grader Diego Morales putting on the shooting display. Cooperative held a 40-20 lead at the end of the third quarter.
International came back to outscore Cooperative in the final quarter, 11 to 6, but had too much ground to make up at that point.
For the Jaguars both Peredo and Morales scored 14 points. Daniel Linggi had 8, and Esteban Gomez 6, Taborga finished with 5, including the game's only three-pointer.
Martin Gonzales led International with 9 points. Huang scored 9; and Mario Rohrman had 6. Ernando Tesch had three points, as did senior Martin Fernandez de Cordova, a senior track star who was playing the first basketball game of his life. Christopher Saltzierder talled two.
The Cooperative School boys varsity started off its season with a decisive 46-31 win over International at International's gym Wednesday.
But International gave notice that is not going to be the pushover it has been in past years, and led the Jaguars 10-8 at the end of the first quarter. But the Jaguars, thanks in large part to the shooting touch of senior Juan Peredo, opened a 10-point lead at the half, 26-16.
The final basket of the first half was a work of art by Cooperative senior Pablo Taborga, who took the ball from one end of the court to the other, dueling International star David Huang every step of the way before laying it up and in.
The Jaguars continued to dominate play as action resumed in the second half, but with 10th grader Diego Morales putting on the shooting display. Cooperative held a 40-20 lead at the end of the third quarter.
International came back to outscore Cooperative in the final quarter, 11 to 6, but had too much ground to make up at that point.
For the Jaguars both Peredo and Morales scored 14 points. Daniel Linggi had 8, and Esteban Gomez 6, Taborga finished with 5, including the game's only three-pointer.
Martin Gonzales led International with 9 points. Huang scored 9; and Mario Rohrman had 6. Ernando Tesch had three points, as did senior Martin Fernandez de Cordova, a senior track star who was playing the first basketball game of his life. Christopher Saltzierder talled two.
