One quarter of scoring made the difference for the Cordova High School boys’ basketball team in Tuesday’s home non-league game against Vista del Lago.

The end result: Lancers fell 101-91 to the Eagles. Trailing 26-19 after the first quarter, Cordova (3-5) looked to get back into the contest. But the Eagles soared to a 36-9 advantage that led to a 62-38 halftime lead.

In the second half, the Lancers rallied as they outscored Vista del Lago, 65-39. Additional results of the game were not available at press time.

Cordova 69, Tokay 64 (OT)
In the final game of the McDonald’s Classic at Edison High School last Saturday, the Lancers and Tigers were tied at 58-58 after four quarters. But in overtime, Cordova raced past Tokay with an 11-6 run to post the win over Lodi’s second high school.

Cordova 81, Franklin 62
On Dec. 11th, also at the tourney, Cordova, which was tied 8-8 with Franklin after the first quarter, erupted for 28 points in the second quarter for a 36-26 halftime lead.

In the third quarter, the Yellowjackets outscored the Lancers, 24-15 that trimmed the Lancers’ lead to 51-50. But Cordova put a folk in the Stockton school in the fourth quarter with a 30-12 advantage for the win.

Cordova had four players who scored in double figures: DeAnte Wilkins led the way with 17 points; Damion Baldwin and Jason Novik followed with 13 points each; and Najee Clark had 12.

Three Lancers scored five points each: Angel Garcia joined teammates Ben Danielyan and William Moore with their contributions. Mike Brown had four points and Joseph Gomez and Devin Baldwin had one each.

Lodi 81, Cordova 58
Wilkins and Clark had nine points each for Cordova, which were burned by the Flames in the first quarter, 23-13, in its second game of the tourney on Dec. 10th.

Other Lancers who scored in the game were Moore with six points each and Devin Baldwin, Slavik Demchyk, Garcia and Mike Brown had five points each.

Chavez 73, Cordova 49
In the tournament opener on Dec. 9th, Chavez, also a Stockton school, outscored the Lancers, 27-18, in the first quarter that led to the win.

Leading Cordova scorers were Novik with nine points, Damion Baldwin seven, Demchyk six, Wilkins and Danielyan five each, Garcia four and John Pacholski and Brown two each.

Tomorrow, Saturday, Cordova takes part in its second tournament of the season, the St. Hope Classic at Hiram Johnson and Sacramento high schools. The Lancers play Valley of Sacramento to start the tourney, which runs through Dec. 23rd.

Then on Monday, Dec. 28th, Cordova will host its 40th annual Cordova Christmas against Encina at Lancer Gym. Game time is 7:30 p.m.