DECATUR — Decatur’s second field goal of the second half was a difference maker Friday night.
Sophomore Victor Urquidi hit a 15-foot jump shoot with three seconds left to lift the Bulldogs to a 26-25 victory over Hackett in a 2A-4 Conference game.
DECATUR 26, HACKETT 25
Hackett 6 3 8 8 — 25
Decatur 10 9 3 4 — 26
Hackett (5-7, 2-2): Sweeten 13, Nichols 7, Graf 4, Byers 1.
Decatur (9-5, 2-1): M. Urquidi 12, V. Urquidi 6, Harris 6, Avery 2.
“It’s an ugly win, but it is over and we can go watch film and learn from it,” Decatur coach John Unger said.
Decatur led 18-9 at halftime but the Bulldogs made just 2-of-22 shots from the field the final 16 minutes of the game. Tanner Sweeten hit a layup to give Hackett its first lead of the game at 25-24 with 1 minute, 29 seconds left.
Decatur called two timeouts with 6.5 seconds left and Unger said the final play was designed for Victor Urquidi, who finished with six points.
“I wanted the ball in his hands, he is our quarterback,” Unger said. “We got him one-on-one over there and he made a good move, and a good shot. It went in.”
Mario Urquidi led Decatur (9-5, 2-1) with 12 points while Andrew Harris also had six points. Decatur was 2-of-8 from the free throw line in the fourth period.
Girls
Hackett 43
Decatur 11
GIRLS — The Lady Hornets scored the first 14 points of the game to pull away for the victory.
Tara Blanton led Hackett (5-7, 2-2) with 16 points, all of which came in the second half.
Sayde Roughton hit a 3-pointer for the Lady Bulldogs (3-9, 1-2) first points early in the second period and finished with three points. Freshman Amanda Brenes was recently brought up from junior high team and she finished with two points
“We got wide open looks all night, but we just couldn’t knock them down,” Unger said.
Sweeten finished with 13 points for Hackett (5-7, 2-2) and the Hornets had two starters foul out in the fourth period. Hackett was 0-for-5 from the free throw line the final eight minutes, including two misses with 17.6 seconds left that would have given them a three-point lead.
“We just missed two many free throws in the fourth quarter,” Hackett coach Jared Porter said. “But I was proud of the effort.”
HACKETT 43, DECATUR 11
Hackett 14 8 16 5 — 43
Decatur 0 5 4 2 — 11
Hackett (5-7, 2-2): Blanton 16, Kaylor 11, Locklear 6, Silva 3, Bailey 3, Durham 2, Galicia 2,
Decatur (3-9, 1-2): Roughton 3, Brenes 2, Ramsey 2, Jackson 2, Harris 2.