AURORA | The Gateway boys basketball team secured its best start to a season in more than a decade with Tuesday night’s 86-52 win over visiting Adams City.
The Olys held a comfortable lead for nearly the entire night against the Eagles and kept the energy up and the foot on the gas pedal on their way to a 6-0 start that eclipsed the 5-1 mark of the 2010-11 team as the program’s best recent mark after six games.
Senior Andres Arellano finished with 22 points, senior Erick Covington had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds — plus five of the team’s 23 assists — and Kaden DeVault (13) and Amin Ibrahim (10) also scored in double figures for coach Ibn Shabazz’s team, which is now 3-0 in EMAC play.
Gateway also topped Adams City 68-28 to open the season in a non-league meeting.
The Olys play at the Far Northeast Warriors (3-3) Wednesday night in a game that will give it the required seven games necessary to be eligible for the postseason.
Courtney Oakes is Sentinel Colorado Sports Editor. Reach him at sports@sentinelcolorado.com. Twitter: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports
GATEWAY 86, ADAMS CITY 52
Score by quarters:
Score by quarters:
Adams City 13 12 14 13 — 52
Gateway 23 24 20 19 — 86
ADAMS CITY (52)
Darrius Jones 2 1-2 6, Andre Medina 3 0-0 9, Xavier Copher 3 0-0 9, Da-Jon Jones 2 5-7 9, Jason Nasca 1 0-3 2, Miguel Hernandez 1 3-4 5, Meiki Wright 1 0-0 2, S. Crooks 2 1-1 6, DeAngelo Lee 0 1-2 1, Joelle Maes 1 0-0 3, Mowlid Shongolo 0 0-0 0, Isaac Garcia 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 10-17 52.
GATEWAY (86)
Sedrick Dean Jr. 1 0-0 2, Kaden DeVault 3 6-6 13, Andres Arellano 8 6-6 22, Erick Covington 7 2-4 16, RJ Webster 0 2-4 2, Caden Wightman 1 2-4 4, Amin Ibrahim 4 0-0 10, Davon Haralson 4 0-0 8, Daiveon’Tae Williams-Henderson 3 0-0 7, Antwuan Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals 32 18-24 86.
3-point field goals — Adams City (9): Xavier Copher 3, Andre Medina 3, S. Crooks, Darrius Jones, Jason Maes; Gateway (4): Amin Ibrahim 2, Kaden DeVault, Daiveon’Tae Williams-Henderson. Total fouls — Adams City 22, Gateway 14. Fouled out — None. Technical fouls — None.
