Paced by an artistic 18-point performance by senior David Huang, the International boys varsity blew out Cooperative in their home gym 31-13 Thursday afternoon.
________________TANGLED DEFENDERS -- Jaguar Andres Shin tries to stop Griffin Joaquin Casteñada
Jonatan Muñoz, International
The Griffins, who were winless last year (and hadn't, in fact, won a game in recent memory), were never behind in the one-sided contest. They led 10-5 at the half, and exploded t o a 20-9 lead at the end of the third quarter.
The Jaguars seemingly had no way to stop Huang who time after time twisted and turned his way through to the basket, or pulled up short and swished in a short jumper.
There was excellent "court talk" between Huang and Mario Rohrman, who teamed up on may of the Griffing offensive forays. Rohrman notched eight points.
Joaquin Castañedo and Ernando Tesch each had two points for the Griffins.
Diego Morales had eight points for the Jaguars and Nicolas Suarez added three. Andres Shin and Jose Alfredo Abuawad had one point each.
The game drew a lot of attention from the two teams that were idle Thursday. The audience included Christian Learning coach Chad Jackson and most of the Eagle boys starting line-up, as well as Cambridge coach Victor Coronado.
Christian Learning and Cambridge postponed the games originally scheduled for yesterday until later in the season. Everyone is off next week for Carnaval.
