Pat Spencer made three clutch 3-pointers in the final 3 minutes, 22 seconds of the NBA G League's Western Conference quarterfinals, and the No. 4 seed Santa Cruz Warriors held on to edge No. 5 Salt Lake City 113-111 in front of 2,168 ecstatic fans at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Tuesday night.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel produced four winning submissions, two for writing and two for photography, at the annual Associated Press Sports Editors national contest.
Sophomore guard Darius Best scored 26 points, and the Cabrillo College men's basketball team beat visiting Gavilan 84-73 in the teams' Coast Conference South Division game Wednesday night.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to explain the Santa Cruz Warriors' struggles over the past two weeks, and that a turnaround can just as easily take place.