Freedom Eagle Cameron Denham, 14, leads the fast break down court during the game against Aline-Cleo. Freedom boys lost 56-33. Other players following are Eagle players Nate Wood (33) and Will Jessup (50). The Cougar players were 25 and 14.
Freedom player Katlynn Galemore (15) makes her shot over Aline-Cleo player 15, Elizabeth West.
In the first home game of the basketball season both Freedom teams fell short of a win.
Freedom Lady Eagles fall four points short as Aline-Cleo held on for a 40-36 win. The game was back and forth with the biggest lead being 6 for Aline-Cleo and 5 for Freedom. Defense was what kept Freedom in the game as they got 22 steals and forced 34 turnovers. Aline-Cleo held on with good free-throw shooting, making 18 free throws.
The scorers for Freedom were Summer Ralston with 21, Nicole Hughes 6, Allison Galindo 4, Emily Reed 2, Katelynn Galemore 2 and Vanessa Galindo 1. Aline was led by Ingraham with 15. Katelynn Galemore of Freedom and Vanessa Galindo led the Eagles with 10 rebounds each. Lindsy Weber had four steals and Allison Galindo had three steals.
Short-handed, the Eagles lost to Aline-Cleo 56-33. The Eagles gave great effort with only seven players, as injuries have hurt the team. Freedom finished with six players as one fouled out. The Eagles did pull within 12 in the third quarter but Aline-Cleo went on a 6-0 run to take an 18-point lead. Then the teams played even until the end.
Scorers for Freedom were Blake Lee 10, Nathan Wood 9, Lance Bolar 8, Angel Cardenas 4 and Cameron Denham with 2. Leading scorer for Aline-Cleo was Swinny with 20. Steals leaders for Freedom were Nathan Wood with five and Angel Cardenas with four. Top rebounder for Freedom was Nathan Wood with eight.
Both teams traveled to Higgins, Texas, on Friday, Nov. 10, and Darouzett, Texas, on Nov. 14. The next home game is slated for Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. against Amett.
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