Clarendon unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They fell to the Floydada Whirlwinds 63-57. The Broncos were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Whirlwinds apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in February of 2021.
Floydada had a senior duo take command as Braun Hobbs went 11 for 21 en route to 31 points plus eight steals and Sergio Valadez earned 23 points in addition to four steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Valadez has scored at least a third of Floydada's points. Another player making a difference was Eric Gonzalez, who had four points in addition to three steals.
The victory got Floydada back to even at 2-2.
Clarendon will take on Valley at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Floydada, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 82-54 win against Lockney on the 25th.
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