KEVIN NARRO | Valley Morning Star
LA FERIA — The La Feria Lionettes hadn’t hosted a home game in nearly two weeks and were glad to return to their home floor on Friday.
Senior Myah Salas gave the home crowd something to cheer about as she scored a game high 25 points to lead the Lionettes past Zapata 73-26 in District 32-4A action. The Lionettes are now 2-0 on the young league season.
After a strong first quarter, the Lionettes began the second period on a 14-0 run and saw their full-court pressure take over as they forced turnovers that resulted in easy baskets. La Feria outscored the Lady Hawks 27-7 in the quarter and drained four three pointers with three of them coming from Salas.
“This is one of the best performances I’ve seen from the girls,” said La Feria coach Angel Martinez. “We haven’t had a home game in a while so it was nice to get a home win tonight, and with the way our team played it was awesome for the fans to see. The girls were excited to come out and play well at home.”
Salas scored 23 points in the first half, which marks a career high for her. The senior is fresh off a 27-point outburst against Hidalgo on Tues-day and she continued her hot shooting against Zapata as she dominated on both sides of the ball.
“I was feeling it tonight,” Salas said. “I was aggressive to the basket tonight and my shots fell. Right now I feel great. We picked up a big win. On Tuesday no one thought we would be able to win and we did. Tonight we passed the ball well and moved in transition well.”
Martinez is excited to have Salas back for one more season.
“She (Myah) had a big first half against Hidalgo and tonight she was impressive,” he said. “She has been our captain and leader for us ever since she stepped on the floor for us. It’s her senior year and it’s her time, and she is making the best of it.”
La Feria held a comfortable 44-20 lead at the break and didn’t let up.
Kayla Lowe scored 11 points while Maggie Cavazos contributed eight.
“We pride ourselves on playing solid defense and playing the full-court press, and it’s something we have been doing all year,” Martinez added. “Zapata had some shots early but couldn’t knock them down. Our district is going to be tough so it’s great that we’ve gotten off to a 2-0 start.”