An ample helping of post-up game accented by solid perimeter shooting was the recipe for Basha's boys basketball team to reel off its seventh straight victory Thursday night against Cesar Chavez.

Four players scored in double figures as Basha turned back Cesar Chavez, 72-60, in a 6A contest at Basha High. Basha, which won the Salpointe Tip-Off Classic going 5-0 last week, has added two power-ranking wins in three days. Chavez dropped to 5-2. The Champions were runners-up to Chaparral in the Paradise Valley Invitatiional last week.

Senior forward-post Gabe McGlothan handled the offense in the paint with a team-high 19 points and continued his early-season average of a double-double (scoring and rebounding).  Teammates Terrell Brown (17 points), Bryan Baptiste (11 points) and Nico Daal (10 points) supplied most of the the long-range stuff. Austin Picarello wasn't far from making it five in double figures, finishing with eight points.

Seven of the eight players that saw solid minutes for Basha Thursday played on last year's big-school semifinalist. They are charged with aiding a return to that level or better this year.

"We're doing a lot of good things to start," Basha coach Mike Grothaus said. "These guys have played together for awhile. They share the ball well. I tihink you saw that tonight. But we have some improvement to make, no doubt.'

McGlothan connected on 9 of 14 shots and only one was from the perimeter. Brown, Daal, Baptiste and Picarello combined for eight threes -- four in each half. Basha led comfortably throughout the game. The Bears led by five after the first quarter, 14 at the half and 17 after three quarters.

Cesar Chavez made one mild run at the lead midway thrrough the final period. The Champions pared a 17-point lead to 59-49 with 5:20 left. A quick five points (a Daal 3 and McGlothan dunk) bumped the margin to 15 with less than four minutes left. That closed the brief opening.

Chavez was limited to basically a two-man game all evening. Two of its top players didn't dress. Starting center Demond Hart, a 6-foot-7 senior, lasted less than a quarter. He was assigned to guard McGlothan. After some chippy play in the opening quarter that earned him a warning from game officials, Hart was disqualified with two technicals with 1:13 left in the first period. He scored four points before exiting.

Withour Hart, Chavez's scoring was nearly all junior guard Michael Rogers and senior guard Donald Carter. Rogers netted a game-high 31 points with his persistence and power taking him to the hole for most of his points. Carter's exceptional quickness did the same as he checked in with 19 points.

Both teams play their third game of the week on Friday. Basha takes to the road to battle Desert Ridge while Chavez heads back to Laveen and plays host to Mesa Mountain View.