Bertram Mak leads the Aztecs over the Spartans
By Tim Peterson
(Montebello) – Bertram Mak scored 22 points and Anthony Vuong added 13 off the bench to lead visiting Keppel to a 59-47 win over Schurr Friday night.
With the victory the Aztecs improved to 4-0 in the Almont and moved a game ahead of Schurr who is 3-1. The Aztecs led by just two after one but came out of the gate in the second quarter and went on an 8-0 run for a ten point advantage. Keppel outscored the Spartans 14-2 in the second and went into the half up 27-13.
It was quickly 31-13 as the Aztecs scored the first four points in the third quarter and Schurr couldn’t dig out of the hole. The Aztecs still led by 12 after three and maintained that lead through the fourth.
The Spartans did mange to cut the lead to seven early in the final period on five quick points from Ryan Veljacic but that was as close as they would get.
Cesar Trujillo was solid for the Spartans in the loss.
Mak got the Aztecs started early with six in the first quarter to give Keppel a 13-11 lead after one. Vuong was five for five from the line in the first and was nine for 11 from the line in the game. Schurr was 0-10 from the field in the second quarter and hit just two free throws in the period and it proved to be their undoing.
Cesar Trujillo led the Spartans with 19 points including 15 in the second half. Trujillo hit a three and was eight for ten from the line. Kyle Mangubat chipped in ten for Schurr and Veljacic added nine.
Once the Spartans cut the lead to seven, they sent Keppel to the line in an attempt to get back into it. But the Aztecs responded by knocking down 12 of 14 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter. Vuong was six for six in crunch time.
K 13 14 14 18 59
S 11 2 16 18 47
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