A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

Coach Neto Reyes' Eagle Pass Eagles were at the EPISD Sports Complex Gymnasium on Tuesday to d battle with the Laredo Alexander Bulldogs in what a very close and highly entertaining affair early as the two squads contested every ball, pass and shot.

The game was 27-17 with 2:11 remaining in the second quarter when errant passes and turnovers began to rear their ugly head against a team which sits atop of District 29-AAAAA and who play a stifling, in-your-face style of defense which can be scored on, but which is merciless to mistakes.

RJ Ruiz found out how officials were going to call this game when he was called for a questionable charge with 1:40 remaining in the half. Then an inside pass to Nowlin Wilson, a 6' plus inside player with good ball handling skills got a nice pass inside and scored making it 29-17.

Ty Chisum responded with a coast to coast layup to make it 29-19, then he made a nice pass to David Even to make it 29-21 and he tried to attack the basket with seconds left on the clock, but the Bulldogs were nursing a 31-21 lead at the break.

"They were playing well and staying with us and breaking our press," said Luis Valdez, Bulldog Head Coach, "We just can't back down."

"We needed to keep being strong with the ball," said Reyes, "Take care of it and stick to fundamentals."

The Bulldogs began to pull away in the third quarter opening up a 59-34 lead.

In the end the Dogs ran away with a 72-54 victory.

Ty Chisum and Johhny Garza led the Eagles with 10 points each.  Fabian Peña and David Even had five at the break and contributed more in the second half.

Johnny Moreno, Wilson and Danny Benavides led the way for Alexander

The Eagles take on United South tomorrow in Laredo.