The Brownfield Lady Cubs and Runnin’ Cubs basketball teams traveled to Friona Tuesday afternoon Jan. 3, 2023, to take on the Sqaws and Chieftains in a set of District 3-3A games. Both teams came out on top as the Lady Cubs improved their district record to 3-0 winning 51-19 and the Runnin’ Cubs improved their district record to 2-0 winning in high fashion 98-32.
The Lady Cubs began the game outscoring Friona 9-7 in the first quarter. In the next quarter, Brownfield took charge on both offense and defense. The Lady Cubs took a nice lead going into halftime and outscored Friona 12-3 in the 2nd giving them an 11-point lead at halftime 21-10. After halftime, the Lady Cubs really came alive with Junior #23 Amery Pauda busting three 3’s and getting a nice long two-pointer. Brownfield would end up outscoring Friona in the 3rd 17-7 bringing the score to 38-17 going into the 4th. During the 4th, the Lady Cubs did not let up as they finished outscoring Friona 13-2 and winning 51-19.
Sophomore #3 Lucy Guzman and Junior #23 Amery Pauda tied as high-point scorers with 11 points each. Senior #35 Kamryn Watkins had 10 points.
The Runnin’ Cubs showed up to play as well and throughout the majority of the game, Brownfield rained down 21 3-pointers. The Runnin’ Cubs began the first quarter with a high-octane offense and stifling defense outscoring Friona 25-6. Brownfield would not let up in the 2nd draining seven 3-pointers and outscoring the Chieftains 33-8 leading 58-14 at the half. After a great 1st half, the Runnin’ Cubs’ defense backed off a bit, however, continued their 3-point barrage dropping six 3-pointers and outscoring Friona 22-14 going into the 4th leading 80-28. Brownfield finished up the game by outscoring Frioina 18-4 in the 4th winning 98-38.
Freshman #13 Pedro Rodriguez was lead point scorer with 15 points, following him was Junior #11 KJ Carroll with 14 points. Freshman Jeron Lawrence had 12 points, and Seniors #4 Logan Shrimpton and #23 Malik Mason had 10 points each.
Current Girls & Boys District 3-3A standings
