SALIDA – Weston Ranch played sloppily during the first quarter of the opening round of the Modesto Christian Holiday Hoop Classic consolation bracket Friday.The Cougars only tallied nine points in the first eight minutes, plus gave up the first 10 points of the second half and suffered a 77-53 loss to Burbank (9-1).Weston Ranch (3-6) went 21 of 36 from the free-throw line and turned the ball over several times against its opponent’s hard-pressuring defense.“(Burbank) is very quick,” Weston Ranch head coach Chris Teevan said. “But we want to run too. We had a lot of unforced turnovers, a lot of missed free throws and the boards hurt us again.”Weston Ranch trailed 25-9 after the first quarter but went on a 21-15 run to close the first half, which made it 40-30 at the break.
Cougars cant contain Burbank on boards