Basketball Recap: Coalinga Sets Scoring Season-High Against Hanford West

Horned Toads

Team Score (Highest)

12/13/25 vs Hanford West	71
12/10/25 vs Golden West	61
11/19/25 vs Templeton	56
12/09/25 vs Exeter	55
12/02/25 vs Shafter	54

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Coalinga). They blew past the Hanford West Huskies 71-49 on Saturday. Given the Horned Toads' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Huskies are ranked 895th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.

Hanford West lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Zaden Amezola, who went 6-for-15 to rack up 13 points along with seven boards and three steals. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Donnovan Smith, who posted 11 points and three steals.

The victory made it two in a row for Coalinga and bumps their season record up to 8-2. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points over those games. As for Hanford West, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.

Coalinga will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Huskies: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.