She opened the game with six points in the first period and erupted for 19 in the second quarter as the Plainsmen led 39-22 at the break. She opened the second half with a 3-pointer, her fourth straight triple, and capped her night with another trey with 80 seconds left in the game for the 50-piece.
Monterey now faces 32-5
Argyle in the regional finals with the winner heading to the state semifinals.
Aaliyah Chavez, the top ranked player in the Class of 2025, poured in 50 points on Tuesday in Monterey's 76-40 Class 5A Division II playoff win. The uncommitted senior had 45 points in the Plainsmen's previous win and leads them into the regional finals against Argyle. (FILE PHOTO: Jay Hinton)
The 50-point performance comes on the heels of a 45-point outburst in a 91-52 win over
Burges (El Paso, Texas) in the second round.
In that victory, the McDonald's All American broke her own single-season school scoring mark with 1,345 points. The 50 points on Tuesday brings her career total to 4,740, which is 17th all time.
Averaging 35.4 points per night, Chavez is uncommitted but has narrowed her final choices to Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, South Carolina and LSU.
