San Tan puts the clamps on in the 2nd half to advance vs PCD

On Friday, Feb 20th I watched the Copper playoff match-up of 2A San Tan Charter Roadrunners taking on 2A Phoenix Country Day Eagles in the semi finals.

PCD started fast with a 18-7 1st quarter lead with JD Jones and Jadd Agha playing about as well as you can play as they were clicking on all cylinders.

They continued their hot play and held a 28-17 halftime lead. Jones and Agha were rolling. As teams spend 10 minutes resting up at halftime, the coaches tweak and adjust a couple things to try and put the game in their favor.

Well Coach Kylie Crooms did just that. He started the quarter with a full court press bothering the PCD guards and proceeded to go on a 13-0 run and actually took the lead 36-32 heading into the 4th quarter.

They continued to press PCD and Peyton Lubash got hot from the field and beyond the arc. Dylan Vargas and Jachin Reynolds started gobbling up every rebound and altering or blocking the Eagles shots to extend the lead even more.

STC ended up on a 40-8 run in the 2nd half and won 57-36 to advance to the Copper Finals next Saturday night at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Lubash and Vargas came up clutch in the 2nd half to give them the opportunity to winning a ring next Sat.

NOTABLE STATS:

Peyton Lubash 19 points

Dylan Vargas 10 points 7 rebounds 1 block

Jachin Reynolds 10 points 7 rebounds 1 block

Jadd Agha 15 points (5 3's)

JD Jones 13 points