Angelina Sotelo continues to be clutch in the fourth quarter.
San Marcos (3-0) battled Pflugerville Hendrickson (1-3) wire-to-wire on Friday night. The visitors opened up the game with 12 of their 16 points coming from beyond the arc before junior forward Faith Phillips hit a jump hook with seven seconds to close the first quarter. As the score tangoed back-and-forth, Sotelo, a sophomore guard, made her presence felt with another good fourth-quarter performance and continued to shine in the biggest moments. The sophomore went on a 7-0 run by herself, including the buckets to take the lead and extend it to four with under three minutes to play in regulation. Senior forward Grace Latham followed her own shot, grabbed the rebound and put the Cottonelle touch on the ball to score the dagger and secure a 57-51 win over the Lady Hawks.
“I’m telling them how proud I am of them for showing heart, showing fight, showing team, never fading away,” head coach Veronda Kendall said. “It’s a great group of kids, great chemistry and I think we have an idea of our potential right now. But we just wanna come out and get better every day.”
