DENVER | Filled with fouls and little rhythm, the Rangeview girls basketball team had little trouble winning its semifinal contest at the Manual Early Season Classic Friday afternoon.
The Raiders led for all but the first two minutes of their contest against host Manual at the Thunderdome, rolling to a 76-39 victory in a game bogged down by a combined 46 fouls that resulted in 61 free throw attempts.
Junior reserve Makaylee Jones drained four 3-pointers in the first half and finished with a game-high 21 points for coach Lamonte Weddle’s Rangeview team, which advanced to the championship game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday against Berthoud, a 61-49 winner over Ponderosa in the other semifinal.
Senior Tomarow Whitfield and junior Jaelin Jones also scored in double figures with 16 and 13 points, respectively, for the Raiders, who improved to 2-0 after downing Skyline in the tournament opener Thursday.
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RANGEVIEW 76, MANUAL 39
Score by quarters:
Rangeview 13 22 21 20 — 76
Manual 9 12 7 11 — 39
RANGEVIEW (76)
Ronke Adehayo 3 0-3 7, Jaelin Jones 4 5-6 13, Tomarow Whitfield 7 2-5 16, Breezy Williams 0 2-4 2, Dezmonea Antwine 5 1-4 11, Makaylee Jones 7 3-6 21, Karen Chavira 2 0-0 4, Giselle Solis 1 0-0 2. Totals 29 13-28 76.
MANUAL (39)
Lashae Wedgeworth 3 3-7 10, Allenia Johnson 4 3-5 15, Savanna Jones 2 5-10 9, Adrianna Delgado 0 0-0 0, Nyesha Anderson 1 3-4 5, Talia Garcia 1 0-0 2, Destiny Fox 0 0-3 0, Jayla Busterna 0 0-2 0, Renesmee Roman 0 0-2 0, Gloria Montoya 0 0-0 0, Mayra Trinidad 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 14-33 39.
3-point field goals — Rangeview (5): Makaylee Jones 4, Ronke Adehayo; Manual (3): Allenia Johnson 2, Lashae Wedgeworth. Total fouls — Rangeview 26, Manual 22. Fouled out — Rangeview: Karen Chavira, Jaelin Jones, Breezy Williams; Manual: Jayla Busterna. Technical fouls — None.
