Rincon/UHS head coach Darryl Carlson congratulates Loraya Rocha (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)
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Loraya Rocha scored 21 points to help lead Rincon/University past Desert View 63-25 Tuesday night but most of the people in the home crowd came to see her score 1,000. Rocha came into the night with 992 career points and, it took a while, but the junior standout scored on a breakaway layup with about five minutes left in the second quarter to score points 1,000 and 1,001…
@ruhsgbasketbal Loraya Rocha points 1,000 and 1,001. #AzPreps365 @RUrangers @tus pic.twitter.com/boax6028xN
— Andy Morales (@AZPreps365Andy) January 16, 2019
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The following career totals do not include action from Tuesday night but Pusch Ridge junior Angel Addleman and Academy of Tucson senior Devion Makres are hoping to be the next ones to reach 1,000 career points:
GIRLS
Angel Addleman, Jr. Pusch Ridge: 917
Alyssa Brown, So. Sahuaro: 856
BOYS
Devion Makres, Sr. Academy of Tucson: 897
Julian Molina, Sr. Mountain View: 888
Evan Nelson, Jr. Mountain View/Salpointe 811
Loraya Rocha is the driving force behind a possible region championship for the Rangers. (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)
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