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Hot-shooting Eric Nunez scores season-high 17 points, helps Plano beat Sandwich for third time · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Hot shooting Eric Nuonez scores season high seventeen points helps
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  Plano beat Sandwich for a third time. I written by
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  Joshua Weldy. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett. Something about the Sandwich
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  Jim brings out the shooter in Plano's senior guard Eric Nunez.
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  As a sophomore, Nunez hit ten three pointers in a
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  JV game at Sandwich. He was hot again Tuesday. Nunez
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  hit five to three pointers and scored a season high
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  seventeen points. His hot shooting fueled Plano's game turning run
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  to end the second quarter. The Reapers went on to
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  a fifty eight to forty seven win, their third of
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  the season over Kishwaukee River Conference rival Sandwich. The stands,
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  the intensity, the fans, my teammates. I just had more
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  energy tonight. It definitely brought me up more, and quat
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  None said, I guess it's the fans that hype me
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  up more. I don't know. Nunez's corner three broke a
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  fifteen fifteen tie with two point forty five left in
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  the second quarter. After a three by teammate Cooper Beatty,
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  Nunas canned another three to cap Plano's eleven dollars run
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  to end the first half ahead twenty six fifteen. Nunez
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  hit his fourth three out of halftime to extend the
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  lead to twenty nine fifteen. After his last two, Noonez
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  held three fingers by his side as he looked back
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  at his bench after that first three, catch and shoot.
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  That is what I am known for. After the first one,
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  I said, this is going to be my night, Nunez said.
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  I was thinking about that game when I hit the
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  ten threes. As a shooter, I know shots are going
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  to fall. Just have to focus on the next one.
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  Ethan Texas added fourteen points and Beatty and Kevin Martinez
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  nine apiece for Plano twelve ten six'. Two Griffin sumlock
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  scored thirteen And Brady bereinger twelve For sandwich seven team
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  three to. Five nunaz's breakout shooting night was a sight
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  for sore eyes To plano Coach Kyle. Keat nunez came
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  in shooting just twenty one percent from beyond the three
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  point line for the season and had scored fifty six
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  total points in twenty one games with a previous season
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  high of, nine and yet The plano coaches collectively felt
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  they hadn't seen What nunez was capable. Of we've been
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  waiting for him to break. Out we've been talking about
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  that he was due for a breakout shooting night because
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  he's a great shooter and he's been. Struggling keith, said
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  he just hasn't had one of those. Nights and what
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  a great night to have. It and This jim playing
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  these guys for the third. Time that is what you
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  are looking, for is seniors to step up in big. Games.
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  Excited hopefully you can carry it. On it changes our,
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  team makes it not all about taxis And kevin. Inside
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  nunez had scored one total point In plano's previous two
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  meetings With sandwich and was zero for five from distance
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  in their last, game but he made his first Shot
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  tuesday and shot five for eight from. Distance sandwich Coach Matthew,
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  chalfin who Coached nunez as a freshman At, plano wasn't
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  surprised to see. It we talked about it in the
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  locker room that you have to be prepared for one
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  of their guys to get their, points and tonight it
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  Was Eric chalfin said he has always been a good.
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  Shooter he's been struggling this. Season unfortunately for, us he
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  caught fire. Tonight we didn't do a good enough job
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  matching that shot making Some locke scored seven of his
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  thirteen to Stake sandwich to an eleven to eight lead
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  after a, quarter but The indians were hurt by sixteen
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  turnovers nearly half coming in the game turning second. Quarter
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  sandwich had won its last two games coming. In that's
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  the unfortunate. Part we talked about. It this isn't the
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  Team i've seen the last two. Weeks we let the
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  pressure get to. Us myself Included chalfin, SAID i have
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  to be better in these. Games we have a really
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  tough One friday With. Johnsburg we have to be. Better
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  Taxis plano's leading, scorer had just two points at, halftime
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  but got rolling in the second half with. Twelve the
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  speedy junior guard also dished out four assists with just one.
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  Turnover when he's under, control it's, Exciting keith. Said we're
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  starting to focus on him a little. Bit he has
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  the ability and he's starting to calm, down play slower
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  and put it. Together sandwich has its fingers crossed with
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  its leading. Scorer Senior nick, mclek who scored seven Points,
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  tuesday had to be helped off the court after hurting
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  his knee in the first minute of the fourth. Quarter
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  don't know, yet not good enough to come back in the,
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  game he. Said he twisted it and the side of
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  his knee was hurting and. Quick chalfin, said we're hoping
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  for the. Best