Basketball Recap: Tse' Yi' Gai Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Taylor Etcitty and Tayler Begay

By Team Reports Feb 7, 2025, 11:57am

Basketball Recap: Tse' Yi' Gai Dine Warriors vs. Coronado Leopards

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After flying high against Northwest last Tuesday, Tse' Yi' Gai came back down to earth. The Tse' Yi' Gai Dine Warriors fell 51-43 to the Coronado Leopards on Thursday. The Dine Warriors were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Leopards earlier this season, when they won 57-20.

Taylor Etcitty

Field Goal Percentage (Career)

02/06/25 @ Coronado46%
02/01/25 vs Coronado45%
01/18/25 vs Oak Grove Classical Academy42%
01/24/25 @ Rehoboth Christian40%
01/28/25 vs To'hajiilee38%

Tse' Yi' Gai's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Tayler Begay, who posted 17 points, and Taylor Etcitty, who went 6 for 13 to rack up 12 points. The dominant performance also gave Etcitty a new career-high in field goal percentage (46%).

Tse' Yi' Gai's loss dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Coronado, their record now sits at 5-13.

Coming up, Tse' Yi' Gai will face off against Pine Hill at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Coronado, they will square off against Corona/Vaughn at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The timing is sure in Corona/Vaughn's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Coronado has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.

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