Sahuaro junior Alyssa Brown scored 38 points to pace the Cougars past Buena 57-45 to win the championship of the Flowing Wells Shootout Saturday night. In doing so, Brown became the all-time leading scorer in Sahuaro history.

Brown’s sister Sydney Harden held the previous mark of 1,575. Former standout Cashala Thompson (2007-11) finished with 1,544 and Michelle Vielledent (1989-93) had 1,408. Olivia Harden (2009-12) scored 312 points giving the three sisters a combined 3,470 career points and counting.

“I grew up idolizing my sisters and it’s shocking to be in the same place with people I looked up to,” Brown said. “This means a lot to me.”

Sahuaro led from beginning to end but the Cougars had difficulty shaking Buena due to eight 3-pointers drained by the Colts. Lydia Griffith finished with 12 points to lead Buena and she hit three of the bombs in the first quarter.

Another 3 from Nohema Romo cut the Cougar lead down to 31-24 seconds into the third quarter but that was as close as Buena would get the rest of the way.

“We have a good mix of experience and youth on our team and we’re trying harder to get better each game,” Griffith said. “This is my senior year and I plan on enjoying it while doing the best that I can on the court.”

Georgetown, Texas beat Marana 64-38 to take third place and Thatcher beat Amphitheater 57-38 to win the consolation championship.

 

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Mat’tanaya Vital, Amphitheater

Alani Encinas, Buena

Lydia Griffith, Buena

Reilly Clark, Catalina Foothills

MiLinda Arguellez, Flowing Wells

Megan Herring, Texas

McCall Hampton, Texas

Kylee Sander, Texas

Anabella Muscoreil, Marana

Danny Ochoa, Nogales

Kiana Ortiz, Palo Verde

Sonia Almana, Rincon/UHS

Alyssa Franke, Sahuaro

Alyssa Brown, Sahuaro

Angelina Alcantar, Sunnyside