SPEARVILLE – South Gray ended payback for a state semifinal loss with a dominating 78-38 victory in the championship game in Saturday's Spearville Basketball Tournament.
Last year state champion Mustangs (3-1) downed South Gray 78-65 in the 1A Division 1 state semifinals.
The Rebels (4-0) converted a dozen 3-pointers keyed by Joseph Dyck with 31 points and a pair of 3-pointers and Gavin Wahl with 23 points and five 3-pointers.
Macksville (3-1) were led by Kendall Grippin (13) and Diego Esparza (14), who was held 20 points under his 34-point average. The Rebels outscored the Mustangs 38-10 for a 43-20 halftime lead after trailing 10-5.
South Gray 25 18 21 14 – 78
Macksville 16 4 5 13 – 38
MACKSVILLE (3-1)–Grippin 5-17 0-0 13, Esparza 5-15 3-4 14, Gomez 2-8 10-0 4, Granger 2-7 0-0 4, Clawson 1-2 0-0 2, Adams 0-1 0-0 0, Marquez 1 1-2 1, Totals 15-51 4-6 38.
SOUTH GRAY (4-0)–Dyck 14 1-2 31, Wahl 9 0-0 23, Salmans 3 2-2 9, Martin 3 0-0 8, Sam Moore 2 0-0 6, Max Moore 0 1-2 1, Totals 31 4-6 78.
3-pointers–M 4-21 (Grippin 3-12, Esparza 1-5, Gomez 0-4); SG 12 (Wahl 5, Dyck 2, Martin 2, S. Moore 2, Salmans 1). Rebounds–M 26 (Grippin 5, Granger 5). Assists–M 6 (Esparza 5).
SOUTH GRAY GIRLS 58, MACKSVILLE 20
SPEARVILLE – South Gray's girls roared to a 31-5 halftime lead and coasted past Macksville 58-20 in Saturday's Spearville Basketball Tournament.
Macksville's Kambry Adams and Isabela Ortiz each scored seven points. Ortiz dished out three assists and Adams grabbed six rebounds.
Macksville 2 5 7 8 – 20
South Gray 20 11 21 6 – 58
MACKSVILLE (2-2)–Adams 3-10 1-2 7, Ortiz 2-10 2-2 7, Butler 1-6 2-4 4, Sanders 0-4 2-2 2; Chadd 0-5 0-0 0, Garcia 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 6-36 7-10 20.
3-pointers–M 1-8 (Ortiz 1-5, Chadd 0-1, Adams 0-1, Garcia 0-1). Rebounds–M 21 (Adams 6). Assists–M 4 (Garcia 2). Steals–M 7 (Ortiz 3).
MACKSVILLE GIRLS 53, SUBLETTE 27
SPEARVILLE – Macksville's Laney Butler scored a career high 19 points and Kambry Adams contributed 14 points as the Mustangs downed Sublette 53-27 in Friday's Spearville Basketball Tournament.
Sublette 4 7 6 10 – 27
Macksville 15 8 15 15 – 53
MACKSVILLE (2-2)–Butler 6-11 7-16 19, Adams 5-17 4-7 14, Ortiz 2-6 2-4 6, Garcia 1-3 0-0 2, Sanders 2-11 1-5 5, Ibarra 0-1 1-2 1, Chadd 2-6 2-4 6, Foster 0-0 0-2 0, Totals 18-55 17-39 53.
3-pointers–M 0-3 (Ortiz 0-1, Garcia 0-1, Chadd 0-1).
SPEARVILLE – Macksville's Diego Esparza, the state's leading scorer at 40 points per game, led the Mustangs with 32 points and five steals to beat Sublette 58-53 in Friday's Spearville Basketball Tournament.
Macksville's Hector Gomez scored 15 points with four steals and four rebounds. Kendall Grippin added eight points.
The defending state champion Mustangs (3-0) earn a rematch with South Gray in Saturday's championship game after beating the Rebels in last year's 1A Division 1 state semifinals.
Sublette 15 15 13 10 – 53
Macksville 16 20 12 10 – 58
MACKSVILLE (3-0)–Esparza 10-23 0-0 32, Gomez 6-17 0-0 15, Grippin 2-12 0-0 8, Holguin 0-2 0-0 0, Burr 0-1 0-0 0, Granger 0-3 1-2 1, Clawson 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 19-60 0-0 58.
3-pointers–M 6-21 (Esparza 3-6, Grippin 2-10, Gomez 1-4, Holguin 0-1). Rebounds–M 27 (Esparza 6). Assists–M 5 (Grippin 2). Steals–M 11 (Esparza 5).
