Pueblo senior wing player America Cazares continued her quest to become the state’s first 3,000-point career scorer, breaking her own big-school (4A to 6A) record with 64 points in a 121-22 win over visiting Buena on Friday.
She made 27 of 41 field-goal attempts, including a 10-of-19 performance from 3-point range.
The production surpassed her 62 points in the Warriors’ 81-23 win at Desert View on Jan. 8. She had the previous record of 59 points in a win over Palo Verde two seasons ago.
Pueblo (15-4, 2-0 5A Southern) hosts Desert View (10-8, 0-1) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Diane Beecroft of 2A Antelope holds the state record for all schools with 65 points in a game against Bagdad in the 1977-78 season.
Cazares, the state’s leading scorer at 32.4 points a game, is at 551 points this season and 2,577 overall. Her scoring average ranks eighth nationally, according to MaxPreps.
She is 336 points behind the state record-holder Julie Brase (Catalina Foothills, 2,913 points from 1994-98) and trails Alyssa Brown (Sahuaro, 2,680 points from 2017-21) by 103 points.
Cazares is headed to Todd Holthaus’ Pima Community College program next season.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA GIRLS CAREER SCORING LEADERS
1 Julie Brase, Catalina Foothills (2,913) 1994-1998
2 Alyssa Brown, Sahuaro (2,680) 2017-2021
3 America Cazares, Pueblo (2,577) 2022-current
4 Alexis Cortez, Tucson (2,479) 2012-2016
5 Olivia Snyder, Green Fields (2,382) 2009-2013
6 Sydni Stallworth, Palo Verde (2,182) 2011-2015
7 Shawn Coder, Willcox (2,162) 1986-1990
8 Paula Pyers, Santa Rita (2,082) 1980-1984
9 Taneisha Gossett, Flowing Wells (2,043) 1990-1994
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