Beaver Creek Boys Basketball Team Wins 61-51

The Beaver Creek basketball team, led by senior tri-captains, Jimmy Mai and Kevin Yu, won its 8th game Monday afternoon at Trinity Christian Academy, defeating the home team, 61-51. 

Attacking with a full-court press, Trinity took a quick 5-2 lead.  Then Jimmy sank a 3-pointer from the top of the key, and the Sun were off and running.  It was the beginning of a 12-0 run, giving the Sun a lead we never relinquished.  The game was close throughout, with Trinity twice trimming our lead to four points in the fourth quarter.  In the end, with several of our boys battling upset stomachs, we literally gutted out the win!

Jimmy, following a 24-point performance last week against a strong Prescott Valley team, led the way with a career-high 28 points and a nearly flawless floor game. He sank four 3-pointers, each seeming to come at pivotal moments in the game. Kevin, driving to the hoop again and again, pitched in with 18 points. Forwards George Zheng, Eric Huang, and Jay-Z An did all the dirty work that victory requires--playing good interior defense and boxing out for rebounds and scoring when the opportunity availed itself.  Sophomore Michael Du, despite feeling under the weather, played a strong game at one guard position, scoring five points, and Julian (Julz) Jenny, our "Secret Weapon of Mass Destruction," hounded Trinity's star player from one baseline to the other!   

With three regular season games left to play and having already qualified for our Northern Arizona Athletic Association championship tournament next month, the Sun will look to build momentum as senior tri-captain, Tony Zhu's, badly sprained ankle continues to mend.  Tony was leading the team in scoring and rebounding when he went down a couple weeks ago.  Of course, we're all hoping he'll be able to play again this season.

-Bill Huber