Cherry leads Abilene Cooper boys past Seminole in basketball
SEMINOLE - Jalen Cherry poured in a game-high 28 points to spark Cooper past Seminole 64-56 in a nondistrict boys basketball game here Firday.
Jaelyn Rivera added 17 points, and Andrew Gonzalez had 10 as the Cougars (13-7) won their third consecutive game.
Channing Carter and John Cottrell led Seminole (5-15) with 16 points each.
Cherry, a 6-foot-4 senior, hit all six of his 3-point goals in the first half, including four in a second quarter that saw the Coogs outscore the Indians 16-8 to lead 32-26 at halftime. Cherry had 20 points in the half.
Rivera scored 13 points in the second half as the Coogs pulled away for the victory.
Cooper opens District 4-5A play Friday at Lubbock High.
NONDISTRICT
Cooper 69, Seminole 56
Cooper … 16 … 16 … 19 … 18 – 69
Seminole … 18 … 8 … 14 … 13 – 56
SEMINOLE (5-15) – Channing Carter 6 1-3 16, Rylan McCormick 0 1-1 1, Hudson Harper 2 4-4 9, Kalvin Petty 0 2-2 2, Blake Flowers 1 0-0 2, Nick Leyva 1 1-1 3, Jydo Portillo 3 0-0 7, Guillermo Cruz 0 0-0 0, Hector Contreras 0 0-0 0, John Cottrell 6 2-2 16. Totals 19 11-13 56.
COOPER (13-7) – Andrew Gonzalez 4 2-2 10, Colin Reed 4 1-3 9, Jordan Willis 0 0-0 0, Jaelyn Rivera 7 3-3 17, Matthew Falade 0 0-0 0, Kameron Gray 2 0-0 5, Jalen Cherry 11 0-0 28. Totals 28 6-8 69.
3-Point Goals – Seminole 6 (Carter 3, Portillo, Cottrell 2), Cooper 7 (Gray, Cherry 6). Total Fouls – Seminole 10, Cooper 11. Fouled Out – None. Technical Fouls – None.
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Abilene Cooper beat Seminole in a boys basketball game Friday
