There was no stopping Jalen Stokes on Friday evening.
The 6-foot-5, Dougherty Valley ahead scored bucket after bucket for 4 quarters and ended the evening with a school-record 47 factors.
However it wasn’t sufficient to beat a resilient San Ramon Valley group.
In what was an all-time traditional recreation, SRV pulled out a detailed 81-76 win at residence to win its East Bay Athletic League opener.
Thomas Conley led the Wolves with 20 factors. UC Irvine commit Luke Isaak scored 19, Mason Thomas had 17 and Elliot Conley totaled 15 factors within the win.
Stokes, a UC Davis commit, performed in simply his fifth recreation since being dominated eligible to play after his switch from Dublin.
“He’s going to be a problem for the rest of the league and beyond.”
Dougherty Valley had management of the sport early on. The Wildcats led by seven within the first quarter, however SRV battled again to take a 35-33 lead at halftime.
With the sport shut late within the fourth quarter, Conley and Stokes traded baskets till the clock hit zeroes. Stokes scored 15 of 47 factors within the last interval whereas Conley scored 11 factors – eight of which got here on the free throw line.
Dougherty Valley got here inside three factors of SRV’s lead with 40 seconds left, however the Wolves hit simply sufficient free throws to ice the sport.
“The problem was that Jalen was scoring so easily that I kind of let the tempo get away from me,” Hansen mentioned. “I would have liked to keep the game in the 60s, but when it gets to the high 70s, that’s more their style. They got so many guys who can score that if you give enough possessions, eventually, I just think that they’re gonna score more than we can.”
Hansen, although, was not upset in his group’s efficiency and believes it’s a recreation Dougherty Valley can construct on for subsequent Friday’s matchup towards EBAL heavyweight De La Salle.
“I’m not overlooking Foothill, who we have on Tuesday, but we have a big week ahead,” Hansen mentioned. “We’re going to practice tomorrow, lick our wounds, come together, watch the whole film, hit the weight room, we’re going to laugh and get our minds right and get ready for the week ahead.”
