SPRING VALLEY – The Mendota Trojans used a dominant defensive attack, especially in the game’s first half, to roll to a 63-40 victory over the Hall Red Devils Tuesday night, at Red Devil Gymnasium.

The Trojans got off to a very good start, holding the Red Devils to 3-9 shooting from the field, while tripling up on the hosts, 18-6, after eight minutes of play.

“They kind of made us look really bad,” said Hall coach Mike Filippini. “That was a big, strong 3A team, and we didn’t respond very well in the first half. Second half, I thought we played with a lot better effort. But you can’t (very easily) make up for the first half when you get down by 22 points.