{"id":8000,"date":"2020-02-06T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=8000"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:28:01","slug":"early-deficit-dooms-coyotes-vs-bullard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/early-deficit-dooms-coyotes-vs-bullard\/","title":{"rendered":"Early deficit dooms Coyotes vs. Bullard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Madera Coyotes boys basketball team quickly found itself in a large deficit against Bullard-Fresno and struggled to recover, losing 72-58 at Joe Flores Gym.<\/p>

Down 24-3 after the first quarter, the Coyotes tried to make up some ground in the second quarter by outscoring the Knights 18-14. Still, it was a 38- 21 lead at halftime.<\/p>

\u201cThey played hard second through the fourth quarter, just wish we didn\u2019t spot them that big first quarter lead,\u201d Madera coach David Lozano said.<\/p>

The gap grew to 48-23 early in the third quarter after the Knights put together a 9-0 run. Omarion Thomas-Marshall and Cameron Schneider especially proved to be a headache for the Coyotes as they continued to attack the basket to earn free throws.<\/p>

\u201cBullard is unbelievably athletic. They played hard, but our kids didn\u2019t quit,\u201d Lozano said. \u201cThat score could have been a lot worse.\u201d<\/p>

Madera found some momentum when Sammy Hass drained a 3-pointer to fuel a 7-0 run for the Coyotes. Kevin Berdejo also scored a pair of free throws, while AJ Pickens converted a shot from close range to cut the lead to 19. The Knights then answered with a 3-point play from Thomas-Marshall. Alek Trukki and Pickens later responded with back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the Knights\u2019 lead to 17 points at the end of the third quarter.<\/p>

After Hass scored another bucket in the fourth quarter, the Coyotes trailed 57-42. Trukki added another 3-pointer with three minutes left, but the Coyotes were still down by 15 at that point. After Kecian Primes converted a 3-point play, the Coyotes still faced a double digit with under a minute left. The Knights officially closed the door on Madera with free throws down the stretch.<\/p>

Berdejo scored 16 points for the Coyotes, while Trukki added 14.<\/p>

With just a few games left in the regular season, Lozano is still hoping to see the team\u2019s first playoff berth since he became head coach three years ago.<\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019re just fighting to, hopefully, get a playoff berth,\u201d Lozano said. \u201cWe have yet to go to the playoffs since I have been the head coach. That\u2019s a goal we set before the season, so we\u2019re trying to get there.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Madera Coyotes boys basketball team quickly found itself in a large deficit against Bullard-Fresno and struggled to recover, losing 72-58 at Joe Flores Gym. Down 24-3 after the first quarter, the Coyotes tried to make up some ground in the second quarter by outscoring the Knights 18-14. Still, it was a 38- 21 lead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":41261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-8000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}