GAME ONE : THE FIRST OF THREE WINS FOR THE PHOENIX CAME AGAINST DETROIT CODY. THIS PSL WEST RIVALRY GAME HAS BEEN CLOSE FOR THE LAST 3 SEASONS. LAST YEAR, THE PHOENIX WON A THRILLER AT HOME AT THE BUZZER. THIS SEASON WAS MUCH OF THE SAME. CODY LED THE ENTIRE GAME AND WAS ONCE UP 17 POINTS. AT THAT POINT, SENIOR CHENE PHILLIPS AND JUNIOR GERALD JOHNSON GOT INTO A GROOVE AND GOT BACK INTO THE GAME. A BLOCK FROM MIKE HUNDLEY WITH 1:45 LEFT TO PLAY LED TO A CHENE PHILLIPS BASKET AND THE LEAD. ONCE RENIASSANCE GOT THE LEAD IT NEVER LOOKED BACK AND WENT ONTO WIN 69-65.

PHOENIX BOX SCORE (CODY)

GAME TWO: THIS CMA GAME WAS LIKE OLD TIMES FOR COACH NICHOLS. HOWEVER, THIS TIME HE WAS OPPOSING THE CMA SQUAD. GOING BACK TO THE GYM THAT COACH NICHOLS ONCE COACHED IN, THE PHOENIX FOUND THEMSELVES IN A BATTLE AT FIRST. THE PHARAOHS MADE SURE THEY DIDN'T LAY DOWN FOR THIS GAME AND WERE ONLY DOWN 6 AT HALFTIME. THE THIRD QUARTER BELONGED TO THE PHOENIX AND THEY SHUTDOWN CMA, HOLDING THEM TO JUST SIX POINTS IN THE THIRD. THE FOURTH WAS MUCH OF THE SAME, CMA DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE PHOENIX. THE FINAL SCORE WAS 75-60. JUNIOR GERALD JOHNSON HAD THE HOT HAND NAILING 4 THREE'S AND SCORING 20 POINTS. SENIOR CHENE PHILLIPS LED RENAISSANCE ONCE AGAIN WITH 22 POINTS, 8 REBS, 5 AST AND 4 STEALS. SENIOR KEVIN ROSS HAD A SOLID GAME OFF THE BENCH SCORING 8 POINTS. SOPHOMORE JONATHON SUTHERLIN GOT HIS FIRST DUNK IN A VARSITY GAME! MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR PROOF!

PHOENIX BOX SCORE (CMA)

GAME THREE: NEIGHBORHOOD RIVALRY GAMES AGAINST MUMFORD ALWAYS PROVIDE TIGHT, TOUGH GAMES. THE MUSTANGS HADN'T WON A GAME THIS SEASON BUT WERE LOOKING TO WIN THEIR FIRST AGAINST THE PHOENIX. RENAISSANCE HAS STARTED SLOWLY ALOT IN THIS 2009-2010 CAMPAIGN AND THAT PUTS THEM DOWN AND GIVES THE OTHER TEAM CONFIDENCE. THE WINLESS MUSTANGS HAD LED THE MAJORITY OF THE GAME AND WENT INTO THE FOURTH ONLY DOWN TWO POINTS. THE 4TH WAS BACK AND FOURTH AND THE DECIDING FACTOR CAME IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES. WITH THE PHOENIX JUST UP ONE AND RUNNING SOME CLOCK, SENIOR MIKE JACKSON NAILED AN OPEN THREE TO PUT THE PHOENIX UP FOUR. ON THE NEXT POSSESSION MUMFORD WOULD SCORE TO CUT THE LED TO TWO AND THEN FOUL. AFTER TWO CHENE PHILLIPS FREE THROWS AND A SPLIT ONE AND ONE FOR MUMFORD, THE PHOENIX PULL OUT THE ROAD VICTORY. SENIOR CHENE PHILLIPS LED THE WAY WITH 24 POINTS 6 REBOUNDS AND 5 ASSIST. JUNIOR GERALD JOHNSON HAD ANOTHER GOOD SHOOTING PERFORMANCE MAKING FOUR THREE AND SCORING 20 POINTS. SENIOR MIKE JACKSON SCORED ALL OF HIS 10 POINTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

PHOENIX BOX SCORE (MUMFORD)