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Joseph City closed out the first half of their season schedule on a positive note with a 67-31 home court win over Basis School of Flagstaff on Dec. 20. The 1A region win improved the Wildcats’ power point game regular season record to 6-2 and leaves them ranked eighth heading into the holiday break.
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The Wildcats didn’t take long getting control of the game by outscoring the Yeti 21-3 through the first eight minutes. They pushed that margin to 41-11 at the half, and led 56-17 after three periods. The Yeti finally outscored them in the final period, but the outcome had long been determined.
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Seth Hutchens led the team in scoring with 15 points. Latrell Kinlicheenie added 14; Jay Edwards, 10; Kaden Moss, 8; Carlos Sanchez, 8; DJ Beatty, 5; KJ Kinlicheenie, 3; BJ Martineau, 2; and Porter Thomas finished with 2.
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Joseph City made good on six of 17 treys led by Hutchens who went three for three from behind the arc. Latrell Kinlicheenie helped the team go nine for 14 at the line by converting six of his eight attempts.
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With the win the Wildcats improved their overall season mark to 7-6.
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They played in the Coyotes Basketball Invitational hosted by Arizona Lutheran Academy on Dec. 27. Joseph City played the host Coyotes in the first round. Sixteen teams were in the tournament.
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Joseph City will return to regular season action tomorrow (Jan. 3) when they host Fort Thomas. They will travel to Williams on Jan. 5.
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