Pima Aztec Holiday Classic

December 18-20

 

Sunrise Mountain withstood several runs from Canyon del Oro to capture the championship of the Pima Bracket of the Pima Aztec Holiday Classic held this past week at Pima CC Saturday afternoon 76-66.

The Mustangs built a 20-9 lead with 10:28 left in the first half but the Dorados chipped away with Julian Robles hitting two three pointers to cut the lead down to 27-22 with 6:19 left in the half. Owen Nally put Sunrise Mountain up 32-22 with five minutes left but Aiden Peiro hit a three to cut the lead back down to 35-32 with 1.3 seconds left at the half.

The Mustangs built another huge lead at 52-38 with 11:19 left in the game but Robles helped ignite another run and his three with 5:24 left tied the game up at 58-58 and then Tyler Skorupa put the Dorados up 61-60 with 4:17 left. The Dorados held a 63-62 lead with 3:09 left in the game but the Mustangs closed the game out on 14-3 run to take the game 76-66.

Xavier Stassen led the Mustangs with 18 points, Steven Brown added 14 and Isaac Maskovich scored 13. Robles scored a game-high 23 points for the Dorados and Byron Spencer and Peiro scored 10 points each.

Sunrise Mountain (8-3) will play Desert Mountain (5-5) at the Mortgage Matchup Center on Dec. 27 and Canyon del Oro will travel to Mica Mountain (8-3) on Jan. 6.

Sahuaro beat AZ College Prep 59-53 to win the Aztec Bracket.

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18

Flowing Wells 62, Tanque Verde 45

Sahuaro 72, Kofa 24

Sunrise Mountain 75, Pueblo 53

Tucson 63, Gilbert 39

Canyon del Oro 62, Nogales 44

AZ College Prep 62, Buena 46

Ironwood Ridge 59, Palo Verde 56

Gregory School 52, Santa Rita 22

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19

Pueblo 59, Tanque Verde 49

Nogales 65, Santa Rita 35

Sunrise Mountain 72, Flowing Wells 40

Canyon del Oro 70, Gregory School 62

Gilbert 81, Kofa 25

Buena 47, Palo Verde 44

Sahuaro 70, Tucson 69

AZ College Prep 57, Ironwood Ridge 51

 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20

Tanque Verde 55, Santa Rita 42

Nogales 53, Pueblo 45

Flowing Wells 78, Gregory School 71

Sunrise Mountain 76, Canyon del Oro 66

Palo Verde 68, Kofa 33

Buena 47, Gilbert 45

Tucson 67, Ironwood Ridge 42

Sahuaro 59 AZ College Prep 53