PLEASANTON— A huge game by Sean Hurst propelled Yates Center to a big win over Pleasanton on Friday night. Hurst’s performance was just one of a few factors that got the Wildcats back into the win column.The Wildcats excelled on both ends, keeping Pleasanton out of the paint on defense, and scoring, almost at will on offense. The Wildcats only led by one after the first quarter, but that lead quickly ballooned by halftime.
The Wildcats were ahead 27-18 at the half.
While offensively for Yates Center, the second half was almost a mirror of the first, things were dramatically different on the defensive end, and not for the worse.
After holding Pleasanton to eight points in the second quarter, the Wildcat defense put a stranglehold on the Blu-Jays in the third, limiting them to five points, helping to erase any hope of a comeback.
While Yates Center kept scoring, the defense somehow got even tighter, allowing only a single point in the final quarter of what was an all-around great performance for the Wildcats ahead of their Mid-Season Classic this week.
Hurst scored 22 points. Jack King had 12. Jayston Rice had 9. Cash Cummings had 9. Canon Cavender had 2.
Yates Center is 5-3 and will host Cherryvale on Tuesday.
