Boys basketball
Mexico falls short 68-62 to Tolton, guards have big second half
The guard play shined Thursday night in Mexico.
Mexico vs Father Tolton Photo Gallery
The Bulldogs, who …
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Boys basketball
Mexico falls short 68-62 to Tolton, guards have big second half
The guard play shined Thursday night in Mexico.
Mexico vs Father Tolton Photo Gallery
The Bulldogs, who received votes in the latest Class 4 state poll, hosted No. 5 Father Tolton as Mexico went into halftime with a 27-21 lead but came out of the night with a 68-62 loss. Mexico’s guard tandem of Jordan Shelton and DJ Long led the team in scoring with 22 points and 13 points, respectively, and Zay Wilson and James Lee had 19 and 16 points for Tolton — 28 combined points in the second half.
Head coach Darren Pappas said Mexico (12-6) did what it could late in the game as the Bulldogs tied the game at 56 about halfway through the fourth quarter on back-to-back 3-pointers by Jaydon Eldridge and Shelton. When Wilson and Lee put Tolton (10-5) on top in the waning seconds, the Trailblazers hit their shots while the Bulldogs couldn’t make open looks go down.
““They just hit some shots — some key buckets — and they made their free throws down the stretch,” Pappas said. “We had two good looks, I thought, late in the game, but they just didn’t fall. That’s the game of basketball.”
Mexico plays at district foe Macon (14-3) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Look for the full story in the Saturday, January 28, 2023, edition of the Mexico Ledger.
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