Aaliyah Chavez goes wild, Lubbock Monterey beats Coronado: Texas high school girls basketball; Live updates, recap

Aaliyah Chavez drops 50 in win

Levi Payton | 20 Hours Ago

Monterey's Aaliyah Chavez (left) had 50 points and Ari Johnson added 18 as Lubbock Monterey downed Coronado to pick up its 25th win of the season on Jan. 7. / Nathan Giese/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

This game features the nation’s No. 1 high school girls’ basketball recruit, Aaliyah Chavez, and the Lubbock Monterey Lady Plainsmen against the Coronado Lady Mustangs in a Texas high school girls showdown. Opening tip is slated for 6 p.m.

Behind Chavez, the Lady Plainsmen (24-4) have won two games in a row and six of their last seven. Coronado (9-16) has won two of its last three but is coming off a 65-27 loss to Tascosa – a team that bested Monterey 61-60 earlier this season.

Chavez will be going for her 1,000th career point for the fourth consecutive season. She currently sits at 994. She enters the game averaging 31.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 3.1 steals per game through 28 games in the 2024-2025 season.

She scored a whopping 124 points at the Caprock Classic Dec. 27-29 in Lubbock and has 4,339 points for her career.

The top uncommitted recruit in the 2025 class, Chavez announced she would be considering final offers from UCLA, South Carolina, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and LSU.

Monterey vs. Coronado girls; live scoring, recap:

The lineups have been announced and we are set for opening tip at Lubbock's Monterey High School.

FIRST PERIOD

Monterey out to a 4-0 lead in the early going on back-to-back baskets by Ari Johnson.

Aaliyah Chavez buries a 3-pointer from up top and Monterey takes a 9-0 lead with a timeout at 6:06 in the first.

Aaliyah Chavez scores on a runner and then grabs a steal at midcourt and lays it in to give her 1,001 points. It's her fourth consecutive 1,000-point season.

Chavez hits her second 3-pointer of the game to at 3:03 in the first period and Monterey leads 20-6. Chavez has 10 points, an assist and a steal already.

Ari Johnson continues her big quarter for the Lady Plainsmen. She sinks two free throws with 1:12 left in the first to give her 10 points and Monterey a 25-8 lead.

End of the first period. Monterey leads 28-8.

SECOND PERIOD

Chavez takes an inbounds to open the second and immediately buries a 3. She has 13. Monterey leads 32-8.

Chavez gets a good look on a nice bounce pass from Ambrosia Cole and Monterey extends its lead to 43-9 with 3 minutes left in the half.

It's another Aaliyah Chavez show today. She went off in the second period, scoring 15 points, and now has 25 at halftime. Monterey leads Coronado 53-13. Ari Johnson has 12 for Monterey and Ambrosia Cole has 11.

THIRD PERIOD

Chavez and Cole both hit 3-pointers and Monterey leads 67-30 with 3:13 left in the third.

Chavez does it again. Off a set play under the basket with two seconds left, she takes a throw-in and buries a pop-up 3 at the buzzer to give Monterey a 78-29 lead. Chavez has 36.

Ambrosia Cole also had a big third quarter and has had a nice day for Monterey. She has 19 points through three quarters.

FOURTH PERIOD

I think Chavez might be trying to get to 50. She's going off in the fourth. She has all eight of Monterey's points in the period so far. There's 4:15 left.

Yep. Chavez gets a steal, runs the floor and hits a 3 to give her 50. She exits the game along with Ari Johnson with 2:57 to go leading 96-39

Final: Monterey 103, Coronado 42.

Aaliyah Chavez went off again, scoring 50 points and adding five steals, while Ambrosia Cole added 21 points and Ari Johnson chipped in 18.

Monterey moves to 25-4 overall. Coronado falls to 9-17.